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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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$ m) V# Q) @* |0 ]Two girls, man killed as vehicle and passenger train collide in west Edmonton3 ?+ c N7 _% [ _. y6 k& }; V+ c
at 19:12 on May 4, 2010, EDT./ x! l/ F+ t; n1 @! b) G1 m
THE CANADIAN PRESS
8 t8 N5 E# B, P# q) Y" PShare|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.9 }" }8 r C$ T( Z. p4 Z0 ]
9 R( h7 D& T. x# ~& M/ o; k6 \Via 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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* c5 y1 q5 J# V8 {"We have 227 passengers on board the train, none of whom sustained any injuries," Kaloutsky said Tuesday. "Our two engineers, understandably, have requested relief."- D$ C h5 M: j8 s; {$ n( e
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None 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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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."4 W/ @. F" `6 K6 T$ }
, S! h0 S# a$ K" X3 N. p+ ]Police say the girls were both under 10.9 T% h; ~; y4 c! _- a8 f
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The lead locomotive in the Via train sustained minor damage and was repaired, Kaloutsky added. K% n2 Z: x" Y7 g0 W
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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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