OT: Train hits OC transpo bus in Barrhaven

[Mercurial]

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Sounds nasty, reports of fatalities.

@_MarkSutcliffe: CFRA reporting Ottawa Police confirm multiple fatalities in bus-train collision at Fallowfield Station.

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[SenzZen]

Omg that's terrible.

 

[mat_sens]

Wow, hope I don't know anyone that was on the bus. Thoughts go out to people affected by this.

 

[Milan the God*]

'Via Rail', 'OC Transpo' and 'Ottawa' are all trending worldwide on twitter...

 

[shootingrubber]

Rip.

 

[JustinYS]

According to witnesses, the train barrier was down. If that's right, how could this have happened?

 

[shootingrubber]

According to witnesses, the train barrier was down. If that's right, how could this have happened?

Doesn't make any sense

 

[QcS]

According to witnesses, the train barrier was down. If that's right, how could this have happened?

who knows.. could be a medical issue for the driver? At this point, it's just speculation.

 

[swiftwin]

Holy **** :-(

 

[YNWA14]

Heard about this too. First thought was 'how??' but now just hoping all those that survived make it through and just terrible feelings for the families of those that didn't. This is the kind of thing that should never, ever happen.

 

[Buck Aki Berg]

According to witnesses, the train barrier was down. If that's right, how could this have happened?

From what I'm reading, the driver drove right through the barrier..

 

[SensAreReligion]

OMG this is so sad.

 

[NyQuil]

I was speaking with a colleague in the UK on the phone and he asked me if I heard about a bus-train collision in Canada's capital...

How about that global information environment...

Terrible to be noteworthy for a tragedy like this.

 

[Stone Valley]

5 confirmed dead.

fallowfield and woodroffe

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/o...es+train+Transpo+collision/8927263/story.html

 

[beowulf]

Pretty crazy and tragic my bus passed there 3 hrs before. I didn't find out until my mom called me from Montreal to make sure I was ok. Got to love moms!

 

[Stone Valley]

 

[beowulf]

Ashley Burke
@CBCAshleyBurke
Mother just got bad news at scene of #VIARail /OC Transpo crash. Walks towards taxi in tears. #cbcott #ottnews

 

[mattsens]

From what I can gather, it sounds like the train was already on the tracks and the barrier was down. The bus seemingly rammed through the barrier and hit the train. People on the bus were apparently yelling at the driver to stop. I'm hoping it was brake failure or a medical condition with the driver or something. Something not intentional.

This is all assumptions based on eye-witnesses so we'll see what the real facts are in time.

 

[Milan the God*]

From what I can gather, it sounds like the train was already on the tracks and the barrier was down. The bus seemingly rammed through the barrier and hit the train. People on the bus were apparently yelling at the driver to stop. I'm hoping it was brake failure or a medical condition with the driver or something. Something not intentional.

This is all assumptions based on eye-witnesses so we'll see what the real facts are in time.

I'm pretty sure I heard one of the people dead is the bus driver.

 

[dumbdick]

Anyone know what bus number it would be?

 

[trobby]

Looking at the front of the bus, I doubt the bus driver made it out alive.
Too sad.

 

[Dysentery]

Anyone know what bus number it would be?

I think i read #77

 

[dumbdick]

I'm pretty sure I heard one of the people dead is the bus driver.

If you look at the bus, most of the damage is front driver side.

 

[shootingrubber]

If the bus driver did it intentionally then shame on him. I guess during the course of the investigation they will see if the bus had any mechanical failure or if the bus driver had any sort of medical condition.

 

[VVS]

I'm pretty sure I heard one of the people dead is the bus driver.

That's what I heard too. It makes sense since he was at the very front.