BONN – there was Something wrong. It was just before the night of Sunday, and the tram had already jumped more than three stations. In vain attempt to stop him with the handle of the emergency brake. The people on board began to call the police and have realized that there was to slow him down.
The driver was locked in his cabin, protected from the glass. Two passengers have decided to break the glass and found themselves in front of the driver fainted. A woman has called the services of transport asking for help from someone on how to maneuver the vehicle. And we are successful. The driver was taken to hospital and has now already been released. The mayor of Bonn, Ashok Sridharan, praised the actions of the passengers: “They did the right thing in a dangerous situation, and probably have saved the lives of those who were on board,” he said to the local newspaper Anzeiger.
The potential catastrophe has led the magistrates to open an investigation on possible technical defects of the SWB, the transport company. “According to the statements of the witnesses, attempts to pull the lever of the emergency brake are not served to slow down the train,” police said in a note. The SWB has pointed out that when the emergency brake is pulled, does not immediately stop the tram, but warn instead the driver can then communicate with the passengers and stop the vehicle.
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