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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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Two girls, man killed as vehicle and passenger train collide in west Edmonton
5 P+ M- B l% Iat 19:12 on May 4, 2010, EDT.
* ]* o6 U4 T% o- kTHE CANADIAN PRESS
6 @5 K6 E d0 H0 a- v f% @; y# lShare|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.: Z9 o$ }( l3 V* }# ^( e) U0 C
( j8 \* |4 L, S5 JVia 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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# j3 M3 w$ U( o, ?"We have 227 passengers on board the train, none of whom sustained any injuries," Kaloutsky said Tuesday. "Our two engineers, understandably, have requested relief.": N1 F. _4 I, x- O5 m5 u7 o$ ~! H
1 x; O; n/ X# TNone of the 11 other crew members on board was hurt.: K0 q' Y9 w9 k& v! g: m
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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. x8 e9 e, e* w! ^) J
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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."
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% h* C0 |/ O% BPolice say the girls were both under 10.
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) Q7 _- J9 [, fThe lead locomotive in the Via train sustained minor damage and was repaired, Kaloutsky added.
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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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