Overview
- The tram left the tracks around 4 p.m. on Viale Vittorio Veneto, crossed into the opposite lane and struck a building, with video showing no visible deceleration.
- Prosecutor Marcello Viola and deputy prosecutor Elisa Calanducci went to the scene and initiated a case for manslaughter and injuries.
- Checks are focusing on the driver’s condition after the tram reportedly skipped the last stop, with the junction switch found closed and normally set manually by a button hundreds of meters earlier.
- The driver, an experienced ATM employee on duty for about an hour, is hospitalized with minor contusions and has undergone standard alcohol and drug tests.
- Two people were killed, including a man born in 1966 from Rozzano believed to be a passerby, and 39 were injured as five fire units and other emergency crews responded; the derailed vehicle is a modern bidirectional Tramlink with onboard cameras.