Zurich records third tram collision fatality in a week

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A 27-year-old cyclist died on Saturday morning in a hospital in Zurich following a collision with a tram. It is already the third fatal tram accident in Zurich this week.

This content was published on March 9, 2024 - 11:15

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The young cyclist collided with a Flexity tram on line 4 in Zurich’s Kreis 5 district on Friday evening. He was thrown to the ground and fatally injured.

Just three quarters of an hour later, a pedestrian at the main railway station fell under a line 7 tram travelling towards Bahnhofplatz for reasons that are still unclear. The tram had to be lifted to recover the casualty. His injuries were so severe that he died at the scene of the accident.

A female pedestrian had already been seriously injured in a tram accident in Zurich’s District 11 on Monday evening. The 56-year-old was taken to hospital in a critical condition. She died there early on Tuesday morning.

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