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| Police investigators are still trying to establish what caused a tram derailment that killed seven people and injured 51 near Croydon, south London, on Wednesday, as the names of more of the victims emerged. | Police investigators are still trying to establish what caused a tram derailment that killed seven people and injured 51 near Croydon, south London, on Wednesday, as the names of more of the victims emerged. |
| One of the victims, 19-year-old Dane Chinnery, was named on Thursday. On Friday, two other people believed to have been on the tram were reported to be still missing. Dorota Rynkiewicz, 35, who has a husband and two daughters, aged five and seven, has not been heard from since she left for work on Wednesday morning. | One of the victims, 19-year-old Dane Chinnery, was named on Thursday. On Friday, two other people believed to have been on the tram were reported to be still missing. Dorota Rynkiewicz, 35, who has a husband and two daughters, aged five and seven, has not been heard from since she left for work on Wednesday morning. |
| Relatives told the Evening Standard the couple had moved to the UK from Poland 10 years ago. They said though Rynkiewicz’s death had yet to be officially confirmed, more than two days after the crash they feared the worst. | |
| Philip Seary, 57, is also missing. The father of three, a Crystal Palace fan, lived with his wife, Vivian, in New Addington. Friends left tributes on Facebook to the “most kind, giving person we’ll ever have in our lives”. | |
| Another suspected victim, Mark Smith, was named by friends and family on Facebook. Smith, a young father from Croydon who had a fiancee, could “make everyone laugh”, according to a tribute posted by his cousin. | |
| “Still cannot believe this is true, the last couple of days have just felt like a nightmare that I’m gonna wake up from,” Tom Smith wrote on Facebook. | “Still cannot believe this is true, the last couple of days have just felt like a nightmare that I’m gonna wake up from,” Tom Smith wrote on Facebook. |
| The tram appears to have come off the rails as it travelled too fast round a bend, which has a recommended speed limit of 12 mph, shortly after 6am. Passengers said the driver, who was arrested after the crash, may have blacked out. | The tram appears to have come off the rails as it travelled too fast round a bend, which has a recommended speed limit of 12 mph, shortly after 6am. Passengers said the driver, who was arrested after the crash, may have blacked out. |
| Investigators said the tram was travelling at a significantly higher speed than permitted and were considering whether the driver had fallen asleep. | |
| They are also looking at claims from passengers that a tram almost came off the tracks in the same place last week. A spokeswoman for British transport police said officers were investigating the allegations that surfaced on Facebook after the crash, describing how an early-morning tram had taken the bend too fast on 31 October and braked hard. | They are also looking at claims from passengers that a tram almost came off the tracks in the same place last week. A spokeswoman for British transport police said officers were investigating the allegations that surfaced on Facebook after the crash, describing how an early-morning tram had taken the bend too fast on 31 October and braked hard. |
| Andy Nias, from Croydon, wrote on that date on Facebook: “30 of us on the tram this morning and we all thought our time was up … tram driver took the hard corner to Sandilands at 40mph!! I swear the tram lifted on to one side. Everyone still shaking … it’s mad.” | Andy Nias, from Croydon, wrote on that date on Facebook: “30 of us on the tram this morning and we all thought our time was up … tram driver took the hard corner to Sandilands at 40mph!! I swear the tram lifted on to one side. Everyone still shaking … it’s mad.” |
| James Tofield shared a message he had sent to his wife at the same time, describing how the tram driver had braked and narrowly managed to stay on the track, adding: “It was like a ride from Alton Towers.” | James Tofield shared a message he had sent to his wife at the same time, describing how the tram driver had braked and narrowly managed to stay on the track, adding: “It was like a ride from Alton Towers.” |
| A police spokeswoman said: “We were only made aware of the report on social media yesterday and it’s now forming part of our inquiries.” She declined to discuss this or other lines of inquiry further because it was an active investigation. | A police spokeswoman said: “We were only made aware of the report on social media yesterday and it’s now forming part of our inquiries.” She declined to discuss this or other lines of inquiry further because it was an active investigation. |
| The tram driver, a 42-year-old man from Beckenham in south London, was released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. | |
| The Rail Accident Investigation Board said on Friday it would publish an interim report next week outlining the causes of the crash. The RAIB has appealed for more witnesses to come forward. | |
| The investigation, which runs independently from police inquiries, will reserve its full conclusions and recommendations to improve tram safety for a final report next year. |