爱城火车撞汽车，父子三人死亡

get8686

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。
* B7 }( b/ p" p# K0 p
2 h$ h" }8 j% U9 `' y: Y# ~: q3 [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。

" o. R7 ]; {: l5 H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。

. K/ L, }& X: V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。

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。

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。
6 @/ a2 `: G5 h, r+ ~: W
( @* _' i( f: z. v: E7 J（新闻来源：环球华网）

maggiecqj

柯为杰

老王婆

有影无踪

tradesman

Sorry。
+ `/ I. s( u5 N4 Z4 L: I5 Z
8 u9 }" g. _! K/ p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。

ssss

LZ, your time is wrong is 8:15am and they are two girls not boys. See the new attached below:
  V5 c( w/ a% D0 T/ A6 F
Two girls, man killed as vehicle and passenger train collide in west Edmonton
at 19:12 on May 4, 2010, EDT.
& K; j- n( l, l8 k, J* R2 u/ K5 h- }THE CANADIAN PRESS
1 R* l( y! z3 J( H9 DShare|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.

Via 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.
$ K1 \7 s  ?* t! X# I
5 ]; z/ H1 I0 g8 }" i/ h' d"We have 227 passengers on board the train, none of whom sustained any injuries," Kaloutsky said Tuesday. "Our two engineers, understandably, have requested relief."
& \. ^% Z2 g) E
None of the 11 other crew members on board was hurt.
6 H' t& c6 L/ {1 h/ u
, ~+ G6 c; j9 Q5 kKaloutsky 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.
" S, r3 g+ d1 |5 B
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."

& Y9 ]7 m$ o$ e& d( APolice say the girls were both under 10.
" p, [+ C0 k6 k. P$ Q1 y
4 A4 x8 m# x! k! d( fThe lead locomotive in the Via train sustained minor damage and was repaired, Kaloutsky added.

Kaloutsky said the coroner released the train before 3 p.m. and it was expected to reach Vancouver sometime Wednesday afternoon.

pigyear

stevewoo

黄魔杖

Dean-OK

2010tiger

WAMMAN

hahaeion