Police are seen at the site of the crash - 10 Jun 2012 Photographer unknown.

10 June 2012

Van-Train Collision Kills 2 Siblings in Ontario

Lakeshore Ontario - Two sisters were killed Sunday when the van they were riding in was struck by a Canadian Pacific Railway train east of Windsor.
 
Wynter Williams 6, and her sister Brooklyn 3, were killed in the crash, Ontario Provincial Police said.
 
Ontario Provincial Police said the van was hit just before 10 a.m. local time at a level crossing outside the town of Lakeshore.
 
Their brother, Dryden 4, has been transferred to hospital in Detroit with serious, life-threatening injuries, and their father Andrew Williams, remains in a Windsor hospital with life-threatening injuries. The youngest child, Jasmyn, 18 months, suffered only minor injuries in the collision.
 
The family is from Lakeshore, near Windsor.
 
Const. Stephanie Moniz said the crossing doesn't have many safeguards.
 
"There's no monitoring at this intersection," she said. "There's no bar that comes down, there's no flashing lights. It's simply a sign with the railway "X" on it, along with a warning sign that says "stop before" or "check both ways before crossing", she said.
 
The Canadian Pacific train had two crew members on board at the time of the collision, the CBC's Asha Tomlinson reported. Neither was injured.
 
A Canadian Pacific official told CBC News the crew members applied the emergency brake and sounded the train's whistle before the collision.
 
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