Saturday 19 March 2011

Train vs Truck

Belleville was once again in national news yesterday when a Via train hit a dump truck just east of town, killing the dump truck driver. The distance between the wreckage of the truck and the train was incredible.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (18/03/11) - Passengers are evacuated from a Toronto-bound passenger train that struck a dump truck at Airport Parkway near Elmwood Drive in Belleville on Friday, Mar. 18, 2011. The dump truck driver is dead but the train did not derail and all passengers were evacuated safely. The incident occurred three kilometres east of the Belleville VIA station Photo by Rachel Psutka.
BELLEVILLE, Ont. (18/03/11) - Passengers are evacuated from a Toronto-bound passenger train that struck a dump truck at Airport Parkway near Elmwood Drive in Belleville on Friday, Mar. 18, 2011. The dump truck driver is dead but the train did not derail and all passengers were evacuated safely. The incident occurred three kilometres east of the Belleville VIA station Photo by Rachel Psutka.

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (18/03/11) - Passengers are evacuated from a Toronto-bound passenger train that struck a dump truck at Airport Parkway near Elmwood Drive in Belleville on Friday, Mar. 18, 2011. The dump truck driver is dead but the train did not derail and all passengers were evacuated safely. The incident occurred three kilometres east of the Belleville VIA station Photo by Rachel Psutka.
BELLEVILLE, Ont. (18/03/11) - Firefighters and VIA Rail employees gather around a Toronto-bound passenger train that struck a dump truck at Airport Parkway near Elmwood Drive in Belleville on Friday, Mar. 18, 2011. The dump truck driver is dead but the train did not derail and all passengers were evacuated safely. The incident occurred three kilometres east of the Belleville VIA station Photo by Rachel Psutka.
BELLEVILLE, Ont. (18/03/11) - Firefighters and VIA Rail employees gather around a Toronto-bound passenger train that struck a dump truck at Airport Parkway near Elmwood Drive in Belleville on Friday, Mar. 18, 2011. The dump truck driver is dead but the train did not derail and all passengers were evacuated safely. The incident occurred three kilometres east of the Belleville VIA station Photo by Rachel Psutka.

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