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Manx Electric Railway tram in collision with bin wagon
The bin wagons windscreen was broken. Picture by Jenny Williamson
POLICE are investigating a collision involving a Manx Electric Railway tram with almost 80 passengers on board and an Onchan Commissioners bin wagon.
It happened shortly after the number 19 tram left Derby Castle tram station in Douglas, at 9.40am on Tuesday, at the Groudle Road crossing on to King Edward Road, at Groudle.
The bin wagon’s windscreen was broken and the front was dented. Director of public transport Ian Longworth said the tram sustained paint scratches on the front corner but no ‘material damage’.
Passengers and crew were uninjured, and were taken by bus back to the station. The tram service resumed at the next scheduled time.
A police spokesman said: ‘Further inquiries into the circumstances are being conducted.’
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