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Three people, rail company face charges in Lac-Megantic railway disaster

May 12 2014 10:26 AM

CP28341865 — Smoke rises from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac Megantic, Quebec, Canada, Saturday, July 6, 2013. The Crown says three people and a train company will face criminal negligence charges stemming from a railway disaster that killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic, Que., last summer. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

Original Publication Date: May 12, 2014 10:26AM

Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 11:14PM

MONTREAL – The Crown prosecutor’s office in Quebec has announced that three men as well as Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd. will be charged on Tuesday with criminal negligence stemming from a train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Que., last summer that killed 47 people.

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