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Train quarantined in Canada: 1 dead
This doesn't look good ...
| Quote From Source: | A Via Rail train passenger train has been quarantined in Foleyet, Ont. after a woman in her 60s died and as many as 10 others fell ill.
The train, believed to be carrying more than 270 people, was quarantined at the train depot in Foleyet, a community near Sudbury, Ont., after officials notified police of a medical emergency on Friday morning.
A spokeswoman for Via Rail told The Canadian Press that the train departed Vancouver three days ago and hadn't reported any problems before Friday. The illnesses appeared to have been contained to two train cars.
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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/Ar...t_080509/20080509?hub=Canada
Video here:
http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/train-death/#clip51933
"Mother Nature is going to kick our ass" |
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MattN
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I'll take "Food Poisoning" for $1000 Alex.... |
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StillHere
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I'll take "industrial-strength pesticides and germicides" for $500. (They deplete your vitamin A and you feel like you have the flu.) |
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heres the route the train took ...
http://www3.thestar.com/stat....html?xml=jasper_toronto.xml
I'll take my ol' copy of The Stand, Alex |
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OK, false alarm ...
| Quote From Source: | (CNN) -- A Canadian train quarantined after a
passenger died Thursday will soon be on its way again, Ontario's top medical officer told reporters.
Dr. David Williams said the woman who died did not have an infectious disease, nor did another woman who was airlifted to Timmins and District Hospital in Timmins, Ontario.
Five other passengers who complained of feeling sick have been isolated aboard the train, where they are being assessed, Williams said. The death and the illnesses were unrelated, he said.
When the assessments are complete, he said, the train will resume its journey.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/09/canada.train/
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chrisisasavage
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Well that's good. Seeings how I was just on a train in Canada a few days ago  |
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