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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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发表于 2010-5-6 07:17 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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。
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; X2 _) E) g+ h: E" R2 c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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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。
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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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( k6 u% k5 W" ?! |  w9 o) e" L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。
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& n) N- A7 e! J: |1 p) J: I(新闻来源:环球华网)
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Sorry。' O+ R4 O9 r; q' y0 X* z
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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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发表于 2010-5-6 12:47 | 显示全部楼层
LZ, your time is wrong is 8:15am and they are two girls not boys. See the new attached below:
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' v7 d. K. X, ?' o7 @( Q# p; jTwo girls, man killed as vehicle and passenger train collide in west Edmonton
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Share|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.+ n- N8 j: S6 c2 e3 B; f
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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.
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/ k4 g. H% e% s, ^) j! r, H* P3 ["We have 227 passengers on board the train, none of whom sustained any injuries," Kaloutsky said Tuesday. "Our two engineers, understandably, have requested relief."
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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.$ N& H+ e' F; T; p% C; F7 _) ], G

# d7 L; m0 V# B9 _' [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."2 S& g4 v8 {% G7 J1 k; p

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: D7 l) u( }0 f8 w" s* ^, oThe lead locomotive in the Via train sustained minor damage and was repaired, Kaloutsky added.7 U9 [8 P* A$ g1 l/ }$ 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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