Details Ottawa bus-train crash

the train after collision, derailed.

the collision happened between route 76 oc transpo alexander dennis enviro500 double-decker bus (identification number 8017) , via rail train 51 (pulled general electric p42 genesis locomotive number 915), headed toronto, @ 8:48am.

it occurred @ rail crossing near fallowfield road , woodroffe avenue on transitway, city s dedicated road buses. train had departed ottawa train station @ 8:32am , bus had departed fallowfield transitway station. bus had total of eighty-three people aboard. level crossing s crossing gates, lights, , bells engaged 47 seconds before crash, , gates horizontal across road 25 seconds before crash. train did not sound whistle due municipal ban on train whistles being used between times of 8:00pm , 12:00 noon. however, train s bell activated. train travelling @ 75 kilometres per hour (47 mph), in area speed limit 161 kilometres per hour (100 mph), @ time of collision , had engaged emergency brakes 2 seconds prior. bus travelling @ 67.6 kilometres per hour, in zone speed limit 60 kilometres per hour, before brakes applied. bus brakes applied 3 seconds before crash, though full force of brakes not applied. collision sheared off front end of bus , derailed train.

five people pronounced dead @ scene of accident, including bus driver, , 1 later died in hospital. further thirty-five people injured on bus (five serious injuries , thirty minor injuries). none of train s passengers or crew members injured.

canadian prime minister stephen harper ontario premier kathleen wynne among offered condolences victims of crash , families. bus , train involved in crash both removed scene on september 19, 2013. via rail train service resumed through area in morning of september 20, 2013. community memorial held of victims of crash @ cedarview alliance church on september 22, 2013, funerals 2 of victims held later in week. ottawa mayor jim watson among attended community memorial.