It was Canada’s worst train accident since an oil train derailed and exploded in a Quebec town in July, killing 47 people. None of the passengers travelling on the Via Rail train were injured in the crash just outside the suburban train station of Fallowfield at around 8.48am local time, the middle of the morning commute. Tanner Trepaniere, who was on board the bus, said passengers could see the train bearing down on them as the bus approached the crossing. She said: “People started screaming, ‘Stop, stop!’ because they could see the train coming down the track.” Pascal Lolgis, who witnessed the crash, said the bus appeared to drive through a lowered crossing barrier across the Ottawa to Toronto line. “Boom! It went into the train like that.