Canada - Double-Decker Bus Hit By Train In Ottawa, Multiple Fatalities Reported.

Double-Decker Bus Hit By Train In Ottawa, Multiple Fatalities Reported.(GN).

Update: Police confirmed six dead while several area hospitals were flooded with 31 patients, including 11 in critical condition.


A double decker bus was hit by a train this morning in Canada. Details about the crash are not known at this time but Marc Messier, a spokesman with the fire department, said that multiple people died in the crash.

CTV reports that the passenger trail derailed after it hit a double-decker bus at Fallowfield Road and Woodroffe Avenue in Ottawa. The front of the bus was completely destroyed. One witness said that the front end was “ripped off.”

The Business Insider reports that a Via Rail passenger train and an OC Transpo bus were involved in the crash. Messier didn’t know how many people were killed in the crash but he did say that all of the fatalities were on the bus. Several people were also injured bus. The fire department spokesman said that there were no serious injuries on the train. Fire fighters and other emergency responders are currently at the scene.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said that would send investigators to the scene. This article will be updated as more information comes available.More details to follow.More photo's here

Update: At least 5 dead after Via Rail train, city bus collide in Ottawa

Witnesses say the bus appeared to ignore warning signals at the crossing.

Via Rail said there were no major injuries reported on the train, but it suspended its Ottawa-Toronto service.

Pascal Lolgis, who witnessed the crash, said the bus appeared to drive through a lowered crossing barrier.

"Boom! It went into the train like that,"Lolgis said. "He didn't stop. He must have lost his brakes. Or he had an ... attack or whatever.

"He just didn't stop. He just keep going like that. Then he get hit."

Another witness, Mark Cogan, said the rail barrier was down.

"The train is going through," Cogan said. "And I was just looking around, just watching things happen. And noticed that in the bus lane, the double-decker bus ... I saw him and he just kept going.

"I just thought maybe there's a side way around or something but instantly he just ... he smoked the train. He went through the guard rail and just hammered the train and then it was just mayhem."