Passengers on a rush-hour Ottawa bus yelled “Stop! Stop!” at their driver as the double-decker vehicle went through a rail crossing and struck a passing Via Rail train outside an Ottawa station, killing six people.
The crash also injured 30 people, including 11 who remain in critical condition. It occurred at about 8:50 a.m. Wednesday as Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto Via train no. 51 approached the Fallowfield Station on Woodroffe Road, in the suburb of Barrhaven.
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An official takes pictures of the scene of an accident involving a bus and a train in Ottawa September 18, 2013. A passenger train collided with a double-decker city bus on the outskirts of Ottawa and derailed on Wednesday, killing at least six people, an emergency official said. REUTERS[h=4]watch[/h]Video: Bus driver in Ottawa crash not new, say OCTranspo
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The front end of the bus was sheared, crumpling the edges of the metal like foil and the train’s locomotive was pushed off the tracks by the impact.
“The bus driver was not paying any a
The crash also injured 30 people, including 11 who remain in critical condition. It occurred at about 8:50 a.m. Wednesday as Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto Via train no. 51 approached the Fallowfield Station on Woodroffe Road, in the suburb of Barrhaven.
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An official takes pictures of the scene of an accident involving a bus and a train in Ottawa September 18, 2013. A passenger train collided with a double-decker city bus on the outskirts of Ottawa and derailed on Wednesday, killing at least six people, an emergency official said. REUTERS[h=4]watch[/h]Video: Bus driver in Ottawa crash not new, say OCTranspo A Via Rail train collided with an Ottawa OC Transpo bus during this morning rush hour September 18, 2013 in Ottawa. For The Globe and Mail[h=4]watch[/h]Video: Passengers yelled 'stop' before deadly Ottawa bus crash[h=4]gallery[/h]In Pictures: Via train collides with bus The Canadian Press[h=4]watch[/h]Video: Witnesses recount deadly bus-train crash in OttawaThe front end of the bus was sheared, crumpling the edges of the metal like foil and the train’s locomotive was pushed off the tracks by the impact.
“The bus driver was not paying any a