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Ottawa Bus-Train Crash | CTV News Ottawa

  • Firefighters and paramedics move a passenger to a waiting ambulance after a Via Rail train and transit bus collided in Ottawa, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. (Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Bus in fatal train crash last year was over the speed limit: report

    OTTAWA -- Driver distraction and speed may have been contributing factors in a deadly collision with a Via Rail train last year that killed six people aboard an Ottawa city bus, investigators said Wednesday.

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    A city bus is seen following a collision with a Via Rail train in Ottawa's west end Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

    Distracted driving, speed factor in tragic train-bus crash

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    CTV Ottawa: Memorials for 3 bus crash victims

    Memorials for 3 bus crash victims

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    Funeral

    Bus-train crash victims laid to rest

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Victims Remembered

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    CTV Ottawa: Memorials for 3 bus crash victims

    Memorials for 3 bus crash victims

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    Funeral

    Bus-train crash victims laid to rest

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    CTV Ottawa: Michael Bleakney's final selfless act

    Michael Bleakney's final selfless act

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    CTV Ottawa: A final farewell for Michael Bleakney

    A final farewell for Michael Bleakney

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    CTV Ottawa: ‘We are so Proud of Connor’

    ‘We are so Proud of Connor’, family and friends remember

    21-year-old Connor Boyd is seen in this undated photo. Boyd died after a bus and Via train collided in Ottawa, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013.

    Remembering Connor Boyd

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    CTV Ottawa: Bus-train crash victim laid to rest

    Bus-train crash victim laid to rest

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    CTV Ottawa: Memorial continues to grow

    Memorial continues to grow

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    CTV Exclusive: Bus driver's family holds vigil

    Exclusive: Bus driver's family holds vigil

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    Dave Woodard’s wife and brother speak out about the driver in the bus-train collision.

    Exclusive: Full interview with Woodard family

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    Terry Woodard, wife of OC Transpo bus driver David Woodard, who was killed in a crash, says her husband always made sure passengers were safe while speaking to CTV Morning Live. (Facebook)

    Driver killed remembered by colleagues

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    Friends of 53-year-old Karen Kryzewski react to her death after tragic Ottawa bus-train crash

    Emotional reaction from friends

Survivors share their stories

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    CTV Ottawa: Lucky to be alive

    Lucky to be alive

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    CTV Ottawa: Terrible toll on the survivors

    Terrible toll on the survivors

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    CTV Ottawa: Dealing with less serious injuries

    Dealing with less serious injuries

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    CTV Ottawa: On the second level of the bus

    On the second level of the bus

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    CTV Ottawa: Survivors injured and in shock

    Survivors injured and in shock

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    Crash victims arriving in hospital

    Injured passengers treated at hospital

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    Passenger reaction

    Passengers yelled 'stop' before crash

Coping with Tragedy

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    CTV Ottawa: Helping heal the community

    Helping heal the community

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    Emergency workers transport a person to an ambulance following a crash between a city bus and a Via Rail train in Ottawa, Wednesday September 18, 2013. (Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Dealing with trauma

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    Colleen Thomas recalls the tragic crash between an OC Transpo bus and a Via Rail train.

    Dealing with the aftermath

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    CTV Ottawa: Trying to get back to routine

    Trying to get back to routine

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    CTV Ottawa: Terrible toll on the survivors

    Terrible toll on the survivors

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    CTV Ottawa: A nightmare for friends and family

    A nightmare for friends and family

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    Workers carry a new train crossing barrier as investigators examine the site of a fatal bus and train crash, Ottawa Thursday, September 19, 2013. (Fred Chartrand / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Ottawa Crash: Shock and Mourning After Deadly Collision

    As investigators continue to search for the cause of the deadly collision between an Ottawa city bus and a Via Rail train, people in the nation's capital are in shock and mourning.

CTV Ottawa Exclusive

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    CTV Exclusive: Bus driver's family holds vigil

    Exclusive: Bus driver's family holds vigil

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    Dave Woodard’s wife and brother speak out about the driver in the bus-train collision.

    Exclusive: Full interview with Woodard family

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    CTV Ottawa: CTV Exclusive: Terry Woodard speaks

    Exclusive: Terry Woodard speaks

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    Terry Woodard, wife of OC Transpo bus driver David Woodard, who was killed in a crash, says her husband always made sure passengers were safe while speaking to CTV Morning Live. (Facebook)

    CTV Morning Live Exclusive: Wife of driver killed speaks

Investigating the Crash