An investigation into the incident, which left a passenger seriously injured, has been completed.
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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch said the passenger tried to stop the doors closing with the stick and their hand at a stop in Beeston.The passenger was dragged for about three seconds, fell against the tram and landed on the edge of the stop.The RAIB has conducted an investigation and made a number of safety recommendations in a bid to prevent a similar incident happening again.
The tram's obstacle detection system also did not sense the stick was stuck in the doors, probably because it was too thin in diameter to trigger an alert. The RAIB insisted tram operator Nottingham Express Transit installed an extra CCTV camera at the back of every tram after a different incident, whereThe driver of the tram in the Beeston incident admitted they had not checked the rear view camera before they set off, even though they had been trained to do so.
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