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。

+ |% N: i; X0 a  Y& F1 a. m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。

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。
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+ P. o9 d  f6 p, [" [7 n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。
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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。

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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0 O9 `" l9 \+ O5 h: k+ L5 {（新闻来源：环球华网）

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1 |8 \# g  ?: a/ C+ ~! ^3 @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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2 F' [; g7 R  d. o3 }9 W" HTwo girls, man killed as vehicle and passenger train collide in west Edmonton
at 19:12 on May 4, 2010, EDT.
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, P' q' Q" w( ~! kShare|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.

( l  }: d9 d% Y( H9 XVia 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.
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! a: k' e6 Y/ M/ m! v" T4 x7 x"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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  x9 \1 O% ?/ R( X2 }& m* ^None of the 11 other crew members on board was hurt.
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8 l; t' l2 I7 C! v, E' \) FKaloutsky 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.

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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8 Q3 Z+ Q4 u/ SPolice say the girls were both under 10.
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The 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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