Train collides with bus, killing 6 in Ottawa

A double-decker bus collided with a passenger train in Canada’s capital yesterday, ripping off the front of the bus and killing six people, police said.儲存 Witnesses said the bus went through a closed crossing barrier, and passengers said they screamed “Stop, stop!” at the driver just before impact.The crash in Ottawa occurred at the peak of morning rush hour. Officials said 30 people were injured, 11 critically.It was Canada’s second major rail accident this year. It comes just months after an oil train derailed and exploded in a Quebec town in July, killing 47 people.Via Rail said there were no reports of major injuries to train passengers or crew. Its locomotive and one passenger car derailed.Tanner Trepaniere, who was on the bus, said passengers could see the train bearing down on them as the bus approached the crossing.“People started screaming, ‘Stop, stop!’ because they could see the train coming down the track,” said Trepaniere, who was sitting in the upper level.Witn迷你倉sses said the bus plowed through a lowered crossing barrier and directly into the side of the passing, four-car train.Passenger Gregory Mech said the bus was approaching a train crossing where there is about a 90-degree bend. Mech said he didn’t think the driver noticed that signals were flashing and that the barrier was down.“The bus actually hit the train dead on,” Mech told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. “I could see that there were bodies on the train tracks. It was horrible.”Rebbecca Guilbeault, who was on the bus with her 1-year-old son, said she had put him in a stroller just before the crash and said people piled on top of him.“I don’t know if the bus driver blacked out. He didn’t slow down, and it just impacted with the train,” Guilbeault said. “I’ve seen a few people dead, someone ripped in half.”Via Rail canceled trains on its Ottawa-Toronto route after the accident, which occurred just outside a suburban train station, Fallowfield. mini storage