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A traumatised survivor of the Croydon tram derailment which has killed seven people has described the horrific scenes inside the carriages when they overturned this morning.

Martin Bamford, 30, from New Addington, was travelling on the tram to work when it appeared to speed up as it came out of a tunnel just before Sandilands tram stop.

He described what happened next as like "something out of a film".

Speaking to the Croydon Advertiser outside Croydon University Hospital today, Mr Bamford said: "It was a normal tram journey.

"But as we were coming through the tunnel, something didn't seem right, it seemed like we were speeding up and we hit that bend and literally everyone went flying.

"As I've stood up, I've got someone on me. There's blood everywhere. There's shoes, trainers, phones, it was literally like something out of a film. It was terrifying."

Mr Bamford, a roofer, was one of more than 50 people injured and taken to Croydon University Hospital (CUH) and St George's Hospital, in Tooting.

Panic ensued on the tram after the crash, with Mr Bamford, who suffered a number of injuries, helping people out of his carriage.

"At first there was no sense of panic when the tram started speeding up," said Mr Bamford, who was wrapped in a blue blanket outside the hospital.

"After, when it was on its side, people were screaming.

"Paramedics and police got there quick.

"There were no children as [far as] I could see it was mainly people going to work.

"The woman next to me, I don't think she made it at all. There was a woman trapped between the tracks and the doors, but I don't know out of all of us which ones died and which ones made it."

Mr Bamford is expected to stay in hospital overnight for further treatment to his injuries.

A spokesman from the hospital's NHS trust said the "vast majority" of patients have been discharged from CUH or have been transferred elsewhere for ongoing care.