<P> To celebrate the show 's 50th anniversary , episodes had been broadcast every day during the week 6 -- 10 December 2010 under the advertisement banner `` Four Funerals and a Wedding '' . An episode broadcast the preceding Monday showed a gas explosion in local bar The Joinery , causing a tram to crash from the viaduct into the Corner Shop and The Kabin opposite . The live episode continued to depict the aftermath of the accident , such as the rescue attempts and deaths of the characters Ashley Peacock ( Steven Arnold ) and Molly Dobbs ( Vicky Binns ) , an emergency marriage between Peter Barlow ( Chris Gascoyne ) and Leanne Battersby ( Jane Danson ) , Fiz Stape ( Jennie McAlpine ) giving birth prematurely to her daughter Hope and Molly 's revelation to Sally Webster ( Sally Dynevor ) that her husband Kevin ( Michael Le Vell ) fathered Molly 's recently born baby . </P>
<P> To celebrate the show 's 50th anniversary , episodes had been broadcast every day during the week 6 -- 10 December 2010 under the advertisement banner `` Four Funerals and a Wedding '' . An episode broadcast the preceding Monday showed a gas explosion in local bar The Joinery , causing a tram to crash from the viaduct into the Corner Shop and The Kabin opposite . The live episode continued to depict the aftermath of the accident , such as the rescue attempts and deaths of the characters Ashley Peacock ( Steven Arnold ) and Molly Dobbs ( Vicky Binns ) , an emergency marriage between Peter Barlow ( Chris Gascoyne ) and Leanne Battersby ( Jane Danson ) , Fiz Stape ( Jennie McAlpine ) giving birth prematurely to her daughter Hope and Molly 's revelation to Sally Webster ( Sally Dynevor ) that her husband Kevin ( Michael Le Vell ) fathered Molly 's recently born baby . </P>
who died in the tram crash coronation street
who died in the tram crash coronation street
Ashley Peacock Molly Dobbs
Ashley Peacock Molly Dobbs