Overview
- Two trams collided shortly before 8 a.m. on Via Prenestina at the intersection with Via Erasmo Gattamelata in Rome.
- Ten passengers were taken to hospital, with initial reports indicating no serious conditions.
- Rome’s V Gruppo Prenestino municipal police secured the scene, temporarily closed the tramway, and assisted the injured as medical teams carried out transfers.
- Traffic services in the area were reinforced to manage congestion during rescue and safety operations, and investigators are reconstructing the crash dynamics.
- In a separate Milan case, prosecutors have copied the accused driver’s phone and await black box and kinematic analyses, with the driver under investigation for railway disaster, involuntary manslaughter, and involuntary injury.