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WOW- This is Frightening! Tram derailment caught on camera!

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PBenham
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Posted by PBenham on Thursday, April 27, 2006 4:54 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

If you think that was bad, check out this one, Holy Guacamole!

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/71801/lefortovo_tunnel_of_death/

in Russia, I'll bet the tunnel road surface is ultra-smooth, and ultra-slippery, combined with kamakazi-speeding drivers = horrifying results

WARNING this is harsh!
That looks like NASCAR at Bristol,Darlington, Daytona,Martinsville,or Talledega!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 27, 2006 4:13 PM
WOW!!!!!!! Very Scary I'm sure glad I wasn't there.
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Posted by Simon Reed on Thursday, April 27, 2006 3:42 PM
The tram thing - although far less fatal - actually happened to me in Charelroi, Belgium, about 10 years ago.

I was in the trailer and immediately after we rounded a curve the Motorman applied full power, causing the back truck of the trailer to follow centrifugal force rather than the track.

The Motorman "forgot" he had a trailer on.

I've also been on a tram in Blackpool, UK, that went straight down an unrailed road rather than round a 90 degree corner. Needless to say that one stopped pretty quickly!
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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:42 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

If you think that was bad, check out this one, Holy Guacamole!

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/71801/lefortovo_tunnel_of_death/

in Russia, I'll bet the tunnel road surface is ultra-smooth, and ultra-slippery, combined with kamakazi-speeding drivers = horrifying results

WARNING this is harsh!


Looks like that tunnel has multiple curves within it. The outer lanes on either side have no runoff area and with the curves the sight lines for a driver are next to non-existant, couple that with drivers wandering in their lanes and you have the formula for the incidents that were shown.

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Posted by paulstecyna21 on Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:44 PM
that driver was really stupid and should be fired.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:12 PM
I would wonder if there was some form of mechanical failure - the motor car and the lead truck of the trailer made it through the switch, then the second truck derailed. Then again, the trailer would be lighter and therefore more at risk from g-force induced derailments.

Regarding the Russian one, it looks like the same problem we get on motorways here - people driving too fast and too close together. Add in the fact that Russia has been flooded with new and powerful cars since the end of communism (which many people lack the experience to handle) and you have an instant accident blackspot. Many of the accidents were simply caused by braking too hard and too late in that clip.

That said, I have no idea how you get a bendy-bus that "sideways". Impressively the driver managed to get it back (with a bit of help from the wall)!
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Posted by spbed on Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:06 PM
Do you mean a highway surface or are you saying it was raining & the tram slid off the tracks? [:o)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

If you think that was bad, check out this one, Holy Guacamole!

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/71801/lefortovo_tunnel_of_death/

in Russia, I'll bet the tunnel road surface is ultra-smooth, and ultra-slippery, combined with kamakazi-speeding drivers = horrifying results

WARNING this is harsh!

Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR  Austin TX Sub

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, April 27, 2006 11:57 AM
Did you notice how many people either stopped or avoided the accidents altogether. Maybe a combination of the worst and the best?

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Posted by vsmith on Thursday, April 27, 2006 11:23 AM
If you think that was bad, check out this one, Holy Guacamole!

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/71801/lefortovo_tunnel_of_death/

in Russia, I'll bet the tunnel road surface is ultra-smooth, and ultra-slippery, combined with kamakazi-speeding drivers = horrifying results

WARNING this is harsh!

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:32 AM
What I found interesting was the discussion in the article about this being "the worst tram accident this year."

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:11 AM
My first thought after the viewing was "speed kills". Guess I was right!

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 27, 2006 5:43 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by selector

It appears that a pedestrian got it first. Also, the way the video screens, it could have been excessive speed.


That is what I though as well.
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Posted by selector on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:52 PM
It appears that a pedestrian got it first. Also, the way the video screens, it could have been excessive speed.
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Posted by Tharmeni on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:02 PM
Happened in Prague. Five died.
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Posted by eolafan on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 8:42 PM
I'll bet the local dry cleaners and launromats cleaned a lot of underwear and trousers that day!
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Posted by FThunder11 on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 8:00 PM
THing SLAMMMED into that truck, its a good thing the other tram wasnt closer, coulda been even more disaster! HOLY CRAP batman!
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Posted by bnsfkline on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 7:53 PM
Bah...this will never beat my train blowing up! However, my respects and prayers to the deceased and injured!
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Posted by edbenton on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 7:50 PM
Ouch I am glad I was not a passenger in the back one.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 7:18 PM
[:O] WOW!
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Posted by CSXrules4eva on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:58 PM
OH my, I do wonder what happened here? From the video it looks to me as if people might of
seriously been injured. Well, you don't see that every day.

God Bless the people and families involved.
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Posted by monkeyman2 on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:30 PM
Holy $***!
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Posted by CNW 6000 on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:49 PM
Ouch

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WOW- This is Frightening! Tram derailment caught on camera!
Posted by vsmith on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:34 PM
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/103873/tram_derails/

Dang! [:0]

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