Prague tram travels 500 metres without driver

A Prague tram travelled for around half a kilometre without a driver after suddenly taking off at a depot in the city’s Motol district on Tuesday evening. The driver had stopped in a section without an electric current overhead and got out of the tram, which then started moving of its own accord, breaking through a gate and entering tracks on Plzeňská St. It passed through two stops before operators managed to stop it by turning off the current in overhead wires. The driver chased after the tram, injuring himself slightly as he tried unsuccessfully to board it while it was moving. Police and inspectors from the Prague transport authority are investigating the incident.

Author: Ian Willoughby