The incident

Tram derails in Milan, 2 killed and more than 40 injured. The driver: 'I fell ill'

The tram ended its journey off the tracks against a building. It happened shortly after 4pm in Viale Vittorio Veneto with the tram that was proceeding from Piazza Repubblica towards Porta Venezia

27 February 2026

Una donna riceve assistenza medica sul luogo dell'incidente dopo il deragliamento di un tram a Milano, Italia, il 27 febbraio 2026. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo

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'I felt sick, I had an illness': this is what the driver of the tram that derailed in Milan this afternoon told colleagues who had intervened in Viale Vittorio Veneto. The man, who was taken to hospital for checks, will be heard by investigators as part of the enquiry into the causes of the accident that claimed two lives and injured around 40 people.

The victims are a Senegalese citizen and a sixty-year-old Italian born in Milan and living in Abbiategrasso. The injured, on the other hand, number more than 40, all apparently not in serious condition. According to the final report of Areu (the regional emergency emergency agency), the number of people hospitalised following the derailment is 49. In detail, 2 patients were hospitalised in red code, one at the Policlinico and another at Niguarda. On the other hand, 20 patients were hospitalised in a yellow code. Finally, 27 patients were hospitalised in green code.

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Prosecutor Marcello Viola and the prosecutor on duty, Elisa Calanducci, were at the scene. 'It was a devastating impact,' Viola confined himself to commenting. Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala was also present.

According to the first reconstruction, the tram was certainly travelling at too high a speed and curved off the track. It also hit a tree, which may have dampened its speed somewhat, and crashed into a building.

At the time of the derailment, the tram was full of people.

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"Atm is deeply shocked by the very serious accident this afternoon in Viale Vittorio Veneto in Milan". So says the Milan public transport company in a note, after the derailment of the tram on line 9. "In this moment of immense sorrow," Atm writes in the note, "the company's thoughts go first of all to the family of the person who lost his life and to all the injured. We extend all our sympathy to them'.

The regional and territorial secretariats of Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Uilt-Uil also express their 'deep sorrow for the tragic accident (...). In this moment of dismay,' the workers' organisations say, 'our priority is the closeness to the families of the victims and to all those who have been injured. "To them," they add, "goes our most sincere solidarity and the support of all the workers who guarantee mobility in our city every day". According to the trade unions, 'today is first and foremost a time for silence and respect for those who have been affected by this tragedy'.

"I thought about the earthquake. I was sitting and I ended up on the floor, together with the other passengers. It was terrible. This was recounted by one of the passengers who was on board the tram. "Luckily I only hit my knee, but the man next to me was bleeding from the head," he continued, "It took me a while to get up and get off.