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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Catie McLeod

Should Sydney’s light rail carriages be modified after second death in two years?

Police officers direct the public at Surry Hills light rail stop in Sydney, Thursday, 5 June, 2025.
Police say initial inquiries show the man was attempting to cross the light rail track between two carriages when the tram began moving and trapped him. Photograph: Paul Braven/AAP

For the second time in two years, a pedestrian has died after being struck by a tram on Sydney’s light rail.

New South Wales police said they found a man under a tram carriage in Surry Hills on Thursday afternoon. Paramedics treated him at the scene, but he died.

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