Tram tracks Sheffield: Mazda RX-7 driver gets car stuck on tram tracks after missing 'no entry' sign

A video has been shared showing the moment a Mazda-RX 7 driver got his car stuck on tram tracks in Sheffield.
Claire Lewis
By Claire Lewis
Published 5th Oct 2022, 17:34 BST
Updated 5th Oct 2022, 18:38 BST
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The motorist is by no means the first to have found himself grounded in gravel after mistakenly driving up the tramway instead of the carriageway on Netherthorpe Road.

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But his mishap just so happened to be recorded by a student from a nearby flat.

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A Mazda RX-7 ended up grounded after it was mistakenly driven along the tram tracks on Netherthorpe Road in Sheffield todayA Mazda RX-7 ended up grounded after it was mistakenly driven along the tram tracks on Netherthorpe Road in Sheffield today
A Mazda RX-7 ended up grounded after it was mistakenly driven along the tram tracks on Netherthorpe Road in Sheffield today

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Sharing his footage with The Star, the student said: “I was sitting in my room when I heard a loud revving followed by a scraping sound.

“I initially thought a motorcyclist had fallen off their bike due to the scrapping sound; however, it was a car that had somehow gotten stuck on the tram lines.”

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His video shows passing motorists slowing down to watch the driver attempting to free his car from the gravel, which he eventually managed to do.

He was then filmed driving off.

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