Ottawa Bus and Train crash takes the lives of six people
A bus and train crash happened on Wednesday claiming the lives of six people and injuring many. This including five men and one women at the ages between the ages of twenty one and fifty seven. Although no children were killed in this accident does not make this catastrophe any better as many families are going through grief and many are visiting victims in hospitals. Thirty four people were sent to hospitals after the crash, injuries ranging from minor to severe. One victim had to undergo an eight hour surgery but seems to be in a stable state now. The lives taken yesterday were regular people which worries us because we know it can happen to anyone at anytime. Bus survivors described the situation right before the crash were other passengers screaming at the bus driver to slow down and stop, but it was too late. Witnesses say that the warning lights were flashing and the gate was down when he crash happened. The front of the bus was completely sheared off during the collision. Ajoy Bista a survivor on the bus said they he was seeing the accident, "Frame by frame as if it was a movie." He described what it was like just after the collision. He said, "There was flying debris everywhere. People were screaming, there were dead bodies, limbs. I can't even describe it with words." The double decker bus can normally carry around ninety passengers and several passengers that take the bus regularly said the driver seemed to be new to the route. The collision derailed the train and one other cart but no injuries were reported on the train. We will never know why this horrific event took place was the pedal stuck was this done intentionally but that does not matter because right know this a grieving time.
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| The bus in the accident with the front completely destroyed |
