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[爱城新闻] 爱城火车撞汽车,父子三人死亡

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昨天(4日)早上在埃德蒙顿西部,维亚火车(Via train)与一辆卡车相撞,造成3人死亡。 " A3 O: [3 V. ~; L6 s1 X8 s
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此次重大交通事故发生在昨天早上8点40分左右。目击者希克(Karen Hick)事后说,当时就听到一个巨大的声响。预警的信号灯仍在工作,警方正在检查另一端的信号灯是否正常。
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( |1 m% \' P9 I  q在事发现场,被撞毁的卡车散乱在一条地沟附近,金属被扭曲,完全无法辨认。 ! k5 a; [! S! s

2 I$ o; U7 j! u4 x! Y死者是父亲和两个孩子,男子身份没有披露。埃德蒙顿学校局发言人昨天只是透露,两个遇难的孩子都是在埃德蒙顿西端一所小学就读,一个上2年级,一个上4年级。
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维亚铁路女发言人卡罗斯基(Catherine Kaloutsky)说,事发的火车是从温哥华驶往多伦多,车上有227名乘客,26名工作人员。事发后火车被迫停驶,乘客留在车上,直到急救人员赶到。
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调查人员表示,当时由暴风雪造成的恶劣路况和能见度不高,可能也是事故发生的一个原因。4 M* E  t' y. f* T
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(新闻来源:环球华网)
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Sorry。  p" _. i6 S% ~$ T) A, `
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但开车如做人,8:40 还在风雪交加的道上赶路送小孩上学,可想而知。
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LZ, your time is wrong is 8:15am and they are two girls not boys. See the new attached below:
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. J/ F# `' b) O8 `5 W1 c8 hTwo girls, man killed as vehicle and passenger train collide in west Edmonton" v: ?, Q7 A) o( Z
at 19:12 on May 4, 2010, EDT.
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) J# ~) v1 t9 Z; O! Z/ ?# {4 TShare|EDMONTON - Two girls and a man were killed when the vehicle they were in was struck by a passenger train Monday during a blinding snowstorm in west Edmonton.- t( F% G6 J6 b$ a# z. @- V. w

* @- l  J5 J7 r+ RVia spokeswoman Catherine Kaloutsky says the collision happened at a level crossing protected by gates, lights and bells. No one on the train was physically hurt.
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"We have 227 passengers on board the train, none of whom sustained any injuries," Kaloutsky said Tuesday. "Our two engineers, understandably, have requested relief.") t* f" B7 }$ u9 l0 O6 _* a

- X& F! s9 }; c- z8 p% UNone of the 11 other crew members on board was hurt.2 p% A2 U. K/ s8 y9 {
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Kaloutsky said the westbound train en route from Toronto to Vancouver hit the truck around 8:15 a.m. While there were whiteout conditions at the time, investigators have not indicated if they were a factor.
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A witness at the scene was quoted as saying she heard a "loud crash like a door slamming and I saw the vehicle fly, and when the train left I wasn't sure if I was imagining it."
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, X* l7 C& o4 A: x% q7 [" _1 g/ sPolice say the girls were both under 10.. _- Q+ A7 V' h6 s* O4 J+ O- _
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The lead locomotive in the Via train sustained minor damage and was repaired, Kaloutsky added.; U0 f/ e' g# H$ ?  N- {
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Kaloutsky said the coroner released the train before 3 p.m. and it was expected to reach Vancouver sometime Wednesday afternoon.
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