爱城火车撞汽车，父子三人死亡

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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。

) C4 s) ~5 Y2 }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。

6 N( n" g4 b. `3 u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。

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。

) o* D+ x$ }2 I9 D  Y* x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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/ j+ M+ @  k- x8 J+ c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。

( `0 t5 J. M6 h! Z（新闻来源：环球华网）

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Sorry。

6 R- y8 _' J) u  s2 h1 n( s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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LZ, your time is wrong is 8:15am and they are two girls not boys. See the new attached below:

6 U" Z% R, n" v5 i$ nTwo girls, man killed as vehicle and passenger train collide in west Edmonton
at 19:12 on May 4, 2010, EDT.
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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.
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6 r  \$ I% ]0 R, o9 U$ r5 s0 u- F; DVia 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.

" q1 X/ f7 {9 K, S, ["We have 227 passengers on board the train, none of whom sustained any injuries," Kaloutsky said Tuesday. "Our two engineers, understandably, have requested relief."

: t4 }; A9 t4 z' n0 g4 g( ~# N- INone of the 11 other crew members on board was hurt.
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% M  e3 A; r6 ZKaloutsky 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.
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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."
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Police say the girls were both under 10.

% e; w3 O8 }! B* c3 x$ {0 t' eThe 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.

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