Via Rail train with passengers on board derails in Bas-Saint-Laurent after collision
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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.

  • 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