Death On Toronto-Bound Via Rail Train

Cybergal · May 9, 2008

Death On Toronto-Bound Via Rail Train

5/9/08

A woman has died and 10 other passengers are in hospital after a flu-like outbreak on board a Via Rail train. The train, travelling from Vancouver to Toronto, is now under quarantine near Timmins.

Marc Depatie of the Foleyet OPP said that the female passenger was picked up in Jasper, Alberta with a tour group and appears to be in her 60s. It's not known if she was travelling with family.
There were 260 passengers and 30 crewmembers on board the train when it stopped in Foleyet. It's now quarantined at a CN Rail station.
Emergency crews in full protective gear searched the affected cars. It's believed, but not certain, that the outbreak is confined to only two cars. No one except emergency personnel is allowed on or off the trains. There is a doctor on board.

Sgt Laura Nichols, OPP said that she was called by CN at 8:35am Friday. "There was one person who had vital signs absent and five other people that were sick with flu-like symptoms," she reported.
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_22540.aspx
Click to expand...

dancnoone · May 9, 2008

Sgt Laura Nichols, OPP said that she was called by CN at 8:35am Friday. "There was one person who had vital signs absent
Click to expand...

Well uh...yeh...But...is he/she dead?

I couldn't resist. I'm so tired of this PC world.

lostNfound · May 9, 2008

Unusual health coincidence led to Via scare

5/9/08

Public health officials quarantined a Via Train Friday fearing a deadly infectious outbreak might be moving along the tracks from Alberta to Toronto.

Instead, a bizarre confluence of non-related medical emergencies was eventually identified as the reason why seven passengers on the same train became ill with "flu-like symptoms" at the same time.

source
Click to expand...

Log in or Sign up

Forums

Death On Toronto-Bound Via Rail Train

Cybergal Road Train Member

Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

Wait, employers can't reach you!

dancnoone "Village Idiot"

lostNfound Road Train Member

Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

Wait, employers can't reach you!

Log in or Sign up

Useful Searches

Death On Toronto-Bound Via Rail Train

Cybergal Road Train Member

Wait, employers can't reach you!

dancnoone "Village Idiot"

lostNfound Road Train Member

Wait, employers can't reach you!