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。

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。
- E$ s! J0 o% D4 O7 u
7 s* n- w. t$ i/ B8 i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。
. Y( [, a& c  R- [3 J1 t. u2 C
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。
3 l5 V$ q% h: W& k! C+ w7 Z" S
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。
& L: u: }5 J% ?8 y; D# a
; d  C" R! v+ x$ z0 o  |+ }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。

（新闻来源：环球华网）

maggiecqj

柯为杰

老王婆

有影无踪

tradesman

Sorry。
9 a2 R; w- f% d4 T; H4 E+ n; U
  w, C4 R8 v) A' p* ~* J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:

Two girls, man killed as vehicle and passenger train collide in west Edmonton
at 19:12 on May 4, 2010, EDT.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
% F2 F9 {& Q; ]5 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.
# L" d/ _" B7 `/ ?. O
! H2 ]. r9 d8 T( Q2 {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.
" b) }( ?0 \+ M7 n6 h
"We have 227 passengers on board the train, none of whom sustained any injuries," Kaloutsky said Tuesday. "Our two engineers, understandably, have requested relief."
3 x" L5 i  a% L4 l; Q  d
# V' i$ H+ ]% |, c6 S9 V3 O3 qNone of the 11 other crew members on board was hurt.

9 @" C  X' d7 B$ l3 L% tKaloutsky 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.
, \- L, s4 a( m, {) V* 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."
! n  r* o  A! w2 e% o! o4 g* y
' ?' Q# u/ u" m8 H0 \# X3 `Police say the girls were both under 10.

The lead locomotive in the Via train sustained minor damage and was repaired, Kaloutsky added.
' H5 a( A  ?1 L* @- t( j
+ t7 a1 {9 p  g$ w5 WKaloutsky 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