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Train, bus collide in Ottawa
Updated Sept. 18, 2013, 2:50 p.m. ET

This handout image provided September 18, 2013 by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, shows the front of a VIA Rail passenger train after it collided witrh a double-decker bus at a crossing in a suburb of Canada's capital Ottawa, killing at least five people. Ottawa fire department spokesman Marc Messier told broadcaster CTV that at least five bus passengers died and up to six others were injured. The Via Rail company operating the affected train on the Ottawa to Toronto line -- on which traffic has been suspended -- reported no fatalities. The OC Transpo bus was on its way downtown during the morning rush hour when the accident happened, according to local media reports. AFP PHOTO/HNADOUT / TSB CANADA == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / TSB CANADA / NO SALES / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==HO/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: At least ORIG FILE ID: 522995905
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epa03872882 Officials work at the scene of a crash between a VIA Rail Canada train en route to Toronto and a double-decker OC Transpo Bus at a crossing in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 18 September 2013. Official have confirmed five fatalities on the bus and none on the train. The crash also injured more than a dozen people. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON ORG XMIT: MCX14
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epa03872693 Officials work at the scene of a crash between a VIA Rail Canada train en route to Toronto and a double-decker OC Transpo Bus at a crossing in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 18 September 2013. Official have confirmed five fatalities on the bus and none on the train. The crash also injured more than a dozen people. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON ORG XMIT: MCX02
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A passenger train that collided with a double-decker bus is viewed at a crossing in a suburb of Canada's capital on September 18, 2013, killing at least five people, an official said. Ottawa fire department spokesman Marc Messier told broadcaster CTV that at least five bus passengers died and up to six others were injured. The Via Rail company operating the affected train on the Ottawa to Toronto line -- on which traffic has been suspended -- reported no fatalities. The OC Transpo bus was on its way downtown during the morning rush hour when the accident happened, according to local media reports. The injured were being transported to area hospitals. Canadian broadcasters showed images of the front of the bus sheered off and the train derailed. Witnesses, meanwhile, recounted bus passengers being thrown from the bus. AFP PHOTO/MICHEL COMTEMICHEL COMTE/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 522994018
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