Passenger claimed he ‘nearly died’ on killer tram route ten days before horror smash

A tram passenger claimed he had nearly died in an accident ten days before a derailment on the same bend killed seven passengers – but his complaint was never followed up, a court heard. Drivers on the Croydon tram service were too fearful to report incidents because they thought they would be disciplined, the Old Bailey was told. A tram driven by Alfred Dorris, 49, came off the track on 9 November 2016 as he took a bend near Sandilands…