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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nA tram has derailed and crashed into a building in the heart of Milan, killing two people and injuring dozens more.\n\nThe No. 9 tram, along the central Vittorio Veneto avenue which runs through the heart of Italy’s financial capital, suddenly swerved at a switch track.\n\nMayor Beppe Sala said one passenger and one pedestrian had been killed.\n\nFootage shows the tram nearly flipping onto its side as it takes the curve before slamming to a stop in a building.\n\nMayor Sala suggested human error was to blame, saying the driver had apparently failed to switch the tracks to keep the tram going straight.\n\nHe described the driver as a seasoned employee who had only been on his shift for an hour.\n\nTramway derails in the Center of Milan (Picture: Stefano Porta/LaPresse/Shutterstock)\n\nThe No. 9 tram, along the central Vittorio Veneto avenue which runs through the heart of Italy’s financial capital, suddenly swerved at a switch track (Picture: Stefano Porta/LaPresse/Shutterstock)\n\nMayor Beppe Sala said one passenger and one pedestrian had been killed (Picture: Stefano Porta/LaPresse/Shutterstock)\n\nThe driver had also allegedly skipped a prior stop before the crash occurred, and would be questioned from the hospital where he was being treated for his injuries.\n\nDozens of ambulances, fire trucks and police cars responded to the crash, with crews escorting passengers in thermal blankets away from the scene.\n\nATM, the Milan public transport company, said it was cooperating with prosecutors ‘to precisely establish the cause and dynamic of the incident.’\n\nThe crash comes as the city winds down from hosting its seasonal fashion shows and is in the interim between hosting the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,****check our news page**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "Tram derails and crashes into building killing two and leaving dozens injured in Milan"
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