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| Lindsey Inger killed in Hucknall tram collision | |
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| A teenage girl who was seriously injured when she was struck by a tram in Nottinghamshire has died. | A teenage girl who was seriously injured when she was struck by a tram in Nottinghamshire has died. |
| Police have named the 13-year-old as Lindsey Inger from Bulwell, Nottingham. | |
| Officers were called to the junction of Hucknall Lane and Nottingham Road in Hucknall, at about 19:00 GMT on Wednesday. | |
| Friends said Lindsey had been walking home with them and it was "extremely dark" at the time so they did not see or hear the tram approaching. | |
| 'Not secure enough' | |
| Flowers were laid at the scene of the accident earlier and friends have been paying tribute to the teenager online. | |
| Tara Layton, the mother of Lindsey's friend Paige who was with her when the accident happened, said: "Lindsey was a beautiful, loving, outgoing girl and unfortunately her life has been taken through not having the right equipment on the pathway. | |
| "This area is not secure enough. Accidents have happened here before and I'm surprised nothing has been done. | |
| "Why does it have to take another life for someone to do anything? | |
| "This shouldn't be a walkway if no-one is going to make it secure." | |
| In 2008 Jene Hoggart, 56, and her seven-year-old grandson Mikey Dawson died after being hit by a train at the same crossing. | |
| Mark Spencer, MP for Sherwood, has called for urgent improvements to make the crossing more secure and suggested a bridge could improve safety for pedestrians. | |
| He said: "I am mindful that this is not the first fatality on Nottingham's tramline and we obviously need to look at what's going wrong and how we can fix it." | |
| Neil Wood, general manager for NET, the company which runs the trams, said: "Our thoughts and sympathy are with the teenager's family at this time. | Neil Wood, general manager for NET, the company which runs the trams, said: "Our thoughts and sympathy are with the teenager's family at this time. |
| "We have launched our own internal inquiry into the incident." | "We have launched our own internal inquiry into the incident." |
| A spokesperson from the Rail Accident Investigation ranch said: "A preliminary examination is being carried out at the site." | |
| Nottinghamshire Police have urged witnesses to come forward. |