CAUSES OF COLLISION OF TWO ZAGREB TRAMS BEING INVESTIGATED

ZAGREB, Aug 8 (Hina) - A driver of a tram taking another direction is likely to have caused a collision of two trams which happened at an intersection in Zagreb on Thursday. Experts of Zagreb's tram company inspected switches and traffic lights on the spot of the accident, and established that they had been in order at the moment of the collision, the city police said at a news conference on Friday. Experts will also check the condition of the tram, and results of the probe, which will not be available to the public, will be submitted to the court that will find out whether the driver of the tram, Mijo M., 45, has caused the accident. The accident took place at about 1 p.m. on Thursday at the very busy intersection of Drziceva and Vukovarska streets in Zagreb when the tram driven by Mijo M. changed the direction and appeared before a tram moving straight. In the collision 23 people were slightly injured, whereas two people sustained serious injuries and have been hospitalised. (hina) jn mš 081503 MET aug 97