Case · Germany
15-year-old who didn't see the tram while looking at her phone thrown several meters
In May 2018, a 15-year-old girl in Munich was looking at her phone, didn't see an approaching tram and was hit head-on. She was thrown several meters but escaped with minor injuries.
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- When
- May 3, 2018, around 2:30 p.m.
- Where
- Dachauer Straße near the 'Goethe-Institut' stop, Munich, Germany
- Who
- 15-year-old girl
- Outcome
- Minor injuries
Around 2:30 p.m. on May 3, 2018, a 15-year-old girl was hit head-on by a tram near the "Goethe-Institut" stop at the corner of Dachauer Straße and Heideckstraße in Munich.
Weil sie auf ihr Handy schaute, bemerkte sie die Straßenbahn nicht.
"Because she was looking at her phone, she didn't notice the tram." — rosenheim24 (May 4, 2018)
She was thrown several meters but, fortunately, suffered only minor injuries.
What this case shows
Tram stops are where people getting on and off mix with people crossing. If a child is looking at a screen just as a tram pulls in or out, the driver has almost no time to react.
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