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A tram driver has told how he was unable to avoid hitting a man on a night blighted by crackly phone lines and overworked control room staff.An inquest heard that alcoholic Peter Rothwell, 51, suffered "unsurvivable" multiple injuries in the late night incident between stops at Basford and David Lane.Driver Carl Blackburn said people went onto restricted areas "every day" and a control room worker asked if he had seen anyone on the track that night."I said 'no' I had not...