One of the two Strasbourg trams that collided leaving dozens injured and five people 'fighting for their lives' is said to have reversed at full speed during the horror crash. Around 50 people are believed to have been injured at the scene at Gare Centrale station in the French city, as emergency crews are in attendance. Johan, a witness who declined to give his last name, said that one of the trams reversed at full speed.
The crash is thought to have occurred after one of the trams switched tracks and collided with a stationary tram in a tunnel at Strasbourg's Gare Centrale station, local media reported. However Mayor Jeanne Barseghian said the accident may have been caused by a reversing tram, and described the incident as a 'brutal collision'.
At least five people are said to be fighting for their lives and dozens more were injured when two trams collided in Strasbourg on Saturday. A firefighter is assisted by police officers to transport an injured person on a strechter outside the Strasbourg railway station following a collision of two trams, in Strasbourg, eastern France, on January 11, Some of the injured were in a state of shock as a result of the 'head-on' impact which was 'relatively violent', the mayor added, expressing her support.
Patrick Maciejewski, chairman of the board of directors of the Strasbourg transport company CTS , said that there had been demonstrations in central Strasbourg, which had disrupted tram traffic. There was a traffic jam,' he said. Rene Cellier, director of the Bas-Rhin fire and rescue service, said around 50 people had suffered non-fatal injuries such as scalp wounds, clavicle fractures, and knee sprains.
Cellier said around 50 vehicles and firefighters were on site, adding that the situation 'could have been much more serious'. A large security perimeter has been set up in front of the station, where numerous ambulances have taken up position.
