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。
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! z$ [6 e( u+ E: {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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% W# a6 x3 S' v+ x" \4 T& v1 s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。

$ o* }: a# T9 q$ b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。

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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! Z: w9 N2 A/ c0 v8 X8 V' D& I5 h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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: i' ]- u8 d) W% C  I（新闻来源：环球华网）

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Sorry。
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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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LZ, your time is wrong is 8:15am and they are two girls not boys. See the new attached below:
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9 W( @6 E0 O1 r  H0 r: z' GTwo girls, man killed as vehicle and passenger train collide in west Edmonton
# ]# ^0 q, M* wat 19:12 on May 4, 2010, EDT.
& W. [+ [! s  W9 i: jTHE CANADIAN PRESS
" q" l3 E$ T" y6 |0 `1 l* QShare|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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& Z( H, A- @' M! L" wVia 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.

& z, Z. o) u/ s; o  O. a"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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% }+ O# z1 |. Z2 iNone of the 11 other crew members on board was hurt.

0 G# h) {: {7 e  H# pKaloutsky 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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  P- R# K0 W" T' m, tA 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."

" ]* H% O" Y2 I; c$ BPolice say the girls were both under 10.

The lead locomotive in the Via train sustained minor damage and was repaired, Kaloutsky added.
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3 r' l+ o4 `# w0 WKaloutsky said the coroner released the train before 3 p.m. and it was expected to reach Vancouver sometime Wednesday afternoon.

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