Some passengers said the driver of the vehicle, who was arrested afterwards, had blacked out. Speaking outside Croydon University hospital, where he was being treated for broken ribs, he added: “It was just terrifying. In a post written that day, Andy Nias, from Croydon, wrote: “30 of us on the tram this morning and we all thought our time was up ... tram driver took the hard corner to Sandilands at 40mph!! Another man, James Tofield, who is also from Croydon, said he too was on the tram on 31 October. The Croydon tram is London’s only tram network.

Source: The Guardian November 09, 2016 18:15 UTC