'A second earlier and we'd have died'

DRIVER DESCRIBES HORROR AFTER TRAM TRAVELS THOUGH JUNCTION DESPITE GREEN LIGHT INDICATING MOTORISTS HAD A RIGHT OF WAY

- By ETHAN DAVIES

METROLINK bosses have issued a statement after a driver was left shaken by a tram crossing a busy road while traffic lights allowed cars past.

The motorist, who asked to stay anonymous, claims he ‘would have definitely died’ had he been slightly ‘a second earlier’ in reaching traffic lights on Northenden Road in Sale, where the tram crossed over the tarmac.

Dashcam footage from Sunday evening shows a tram appearing from the left, crossing the road to enter the Northern Moor station, while traffic lights for cars were on green.