Two male passengers broke down the door to the driver's cabin after the tram sped past eight stations without stopping in the western city of Bonn late Saturday night. The General-Anzeiger said passengers on the "horror tram" were terrified even if everyone escaped unharmed. The SWB transport company faced mounting criticism over the incident on Monday, and prosecutors are investigating whether all the technical fail-safes had worked properly. But the tram would have eventually slowed to halt by itself because some passengers had activated the emergency unlocking system on the doors, Jörn Zauner of the SWB told General-Anzeiger. It remains unclear how fast the tram was going, with Zauner estimating it was riding at a speed of 40 to 70 kilometres per hour.

Source: The Local December 23, 2019 16:52 UTC