At least 67 injured as two trams collided on bridge in Russia

Sixty-seven people were injured in the Russian city of Kemerovo on Thursday after two trams collided on a bridge, said Ilya Seredyuk, the acting governor of the region, three in grave condition.

On the Telegram messaging app, Seredyuk said one person was in surgery and two in intensive care in a hospital in the Siberian city.

A tram decked out with an experimental Russian AI system ahead of a driverless revolution has ploughed into pedestrians – because of a brake failure.

Earlier, in a horrific incident that was caught on video in St Petersburg with several people injured. A 45-year-old woman was “seriously hurt” after getting trapped under the tram.

The £1.7million “retro” tram fitted with artificial intelligence was on a test run with a driver. Soon after, the AI system “turned off” and the brakes failed, according to the experienced 45-year-old driver – including the back-up emergency brake mechanism.

‌The new fleet of trams are made by UralTransMash – Russia’s leading producer of self-propelled artillery – which supplied arms to Putin’s war, and part of tank-maker UralVagonZavod.

‌The so-called “Smart Tram” has a Russian-designed AI “driver assistance system” but there was no clear explanation why it was turned off. The city is introducing trams that will ultimately be driverless, but the accident is a severe setback to confidence in the human-free concept.