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Emergency personnel look over the crash scene following a Via Rail train and city bus collision in Ottawa's west end, Sept. 18, 2013.
Multiple people were killed when a passenger train collided with a city bus at a crossing at the peak of morning rush hour, police said Wednesday. Rescue crews swarmed over the wreckage. The injured from the bus who could walk were taken to a second bus nearby to be treated by paramedics. The train tracks in the area cross both a major city street and a transit line reserved for buses only.
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Workers survey the scene following a collision between a train and a city bus at a crossing in Ottawa, Ontario, Sept. 18, 2013.
It was Canada's worst train accident since an oil train derailed and exploded in a Quebec town in July, killing dozens of people.
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Officials respond to the scene where a city bus collided with a Via Rail passenger train at a crossing in Ottawa, Sept. 18, 2013.
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A passenger is taken to an ambulance following a Via Rail train and city bus collision in Ottawa's west end, Sept. 18, 2013.
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A passenger is taken to an ambulance following a Via Rail train and city bus collision in Ottawa's west end, Sept. 18, 2013.
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Train passengers are escorted away from the scene following a collision with a city bus at a crossing in Ottawa, Sept. 18, 2013.
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A city bus is severely damaged after colliding with a Via Rail passenger train at a crossing in Ottawa, Sept. 18, 2013.
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A city bus is severely damaged after colliding with a Via Rail passenger train at a crossing in Ottawa, Sept. 18, 2013.
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A police officer checks the scene following a Via Rail train and city bus collision in Ottawa's west end, Sept. 18, 2013.
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A Via Rail passenger train sits on the tracks at a crossing in Ottawa, after a collision with a city bus, Sept. 18, 2013.
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Officials respond to the scene where a city bus collided with a Via Rail passenger train at a crossing in Ottawa, Sept. 18, 2013.
