Victim’s Family ‘Let Down’ as Tram Driver Acquitted Over Fatal Crash

Alfred Dorris told families and survivors, 'I’m sorry I became disorientated'

Crime officers working at the scene of a tram crash which killed six people in Croydon, England, on Nov. 10, 2016. Getty Images

A tram driver who misjudged a bend, leading to a crash which killed seven people in south London has been acquitted of failing to take reasonable care at work.

Alfred Dorris, 49, denied falling asleep moments before crashing tram 2551, carrying 69 passengers, at Sandilands near Croydon on Nov. 9, 2016.