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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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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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。

- d, r# g4 u+ }" @$ J) @# L& B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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, M  `9 v7 q. E8 V7 r' D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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LZ, your time is wrong is 8:15am and they are two girls not boys. See the new attached below:
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: B2 e5 ~! d9 O& bTwo girls, man killed as vehicle and passenger train collide in west Edmonton
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
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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0 [. u& B. ^. G4 G. F5 z' I5 X; RVia 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.

  G7 P  c6 N6 E3 W) A' |+ N"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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& p5 [7 B9 e8 N: O! {6 g; fNone of the 11 other crew members on board was hurt.
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Kaloutsky 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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: l" p* Q6 N- |  e% NA 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."

- G! O2 C0 t4 U, l# x/ [+ JPolice say the girls were both under 10.

% R( r8 @' N1 _0 p+ SThe lead locomotive in the Via train sustained minor damage and was repaired, Kaloutsky added.
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7 n9 L6 E: i& |6 O0 H! o: HKaloutsky said the coroner released the train before 3 p.m. and it was expected to reach Vancouver sometime Wednesday afternoon.

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