Via Rail train with passengers on board derails in Bas-Saint-Laurent after collision
www.ctvnews.ca
A Via Rail train derailed after colliding with two semi-trailer trucks in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska.

According to Noovo Info, both drivers were sleeping in their trucks when they were violently struck at 1:30 a.m.
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According to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), the truck drivers had parked too close to the railroad tracks.

  • rImITywR@lemmy.worldEnglish
    341·
    1 day ago

    2 truckers parked their vehicles on the tracks and then went to sleep, and CTV is spinning it like its the train’s fault?

    • veee@lemmy.caEnglish
      111·
      1 day ago

      I read the article a couple of times to be sure, but I didn’t pick up on them blaming VIA Rail. I don’t think any train could have physically stopped soon enough to avoid an impact.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
        7·
        3 hours ago

        When the headline says the train hit the trucks it implies that the train did something wrong.

        If it had said “trucks block trains path, trucks destroyed” that would be more accurate

    • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
      3·
      21 hours ago

      A train collision is only the train’s (company) fault when signals/barriers fail. I did not notice any article tone that blamed VIA rail.