Police have named the final three victims of a tram crash which killed seven people in south London.
Donald Collett, 62, Philip Logan, 52, and 63-year-old Robert Huxley were among those who died when the tram came off the track in Croydon during the morning rush hour on Wednesday.
Mark Smith, Philip Seary, Dane Chinnery and Dorota Rynkiewicz had already been named as victims of the crash.
Earlier, the tram was lifted off the tracks by a crane and put on the back of a lorry.
The wreckage is being examined by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, which is expected to publish an interim report into the crash in the coming days.
The 42-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and questioned amid suggestions the tram failed to brake as it took a corner at speed. He has been released on police bail until May.
Investigators, who are looking into whether the driver fell asleep, said the tram was travelling at a "significantly higher speed than is permitted".
Detectives are also examining a report that a tram "lifted onto one side" at 40mph in the same area on 31 October.
Scaffolder Shaun Rogers, who was on the tram at the time, told Sky News that he felt it "lift up from the side" as it went round a corner.
He said: "Everyone was panicking, people's bags got slung to the side, it was like a fair ride where you get slung about."
The victims of the fatal crash were remembered during a memorial on Saturday, a day after a minute's silence was held following Armistice Day commemorations in Croydon.
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