Morning news, July 10, 2013 The death toll in the Lac Megantic train crash is now at 15. Dozens are missing. Police say criminal negligence happened here. = The Chairman of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway accepts responsibility for what happened in Lac Megantic but not all of it. Edward Burkhardt has told reporters at Trudeau airport, several factors” led to the derailment and points to the firemen who shut down a locomotive to deal with an engine fire. That disabled the brakes on the train, allowing it to careen downhill into Lac-Mégantic. Burkhardt admits the train was left unmanned, engine running, on the main track Friday night in Nantes, 12 K. outside Lac-Mégantic. = Technology allows truck companies to know where their rigs are and if they are moving. Aircraft operations know where their thousands of planes are anywhere in the world. Transport Canada says the owners of the runaway train, did not know the train was moving, picking up speed and heading for Lac Megantic. The technology exists and is in place on busier lines, allowing rail traffic controllers to monitor signals or track circuits. = Vaudreuil-Dorion Mayor Guy Pilon has asked federal Transport Minister Denis Lebel to order all trains reduce their speed, as they pass through his community. = People armed with firebombs have again attacked in Repentigny, this time hitting an auto detailing and customization shop on Leclerc, causing a lot of damage = Tony Tomassi will be tried next month in Montreal. He was tossed from the cabinet of Premier Charest for alleged fraud and breach of confidence in accepting a credit card to pay for his gasoline. It had been paid for by Luigi Coretti, whose private security agency received a contract, without a public bidding process, to guard Montreal police headquarters. = How about a very up-close look at a waterspout... cbsnews/video/watch/?id=50150513n = Montreal weather Showers, thunderstorms and 28 today Showers and 216 tomorrow
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:13:07 +0000
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