Toronto, Canada (EFE).- The Canadian town of Megantic lake commemorated this Thursday the tenth anniversary of the railway disaster that caused the death of 47 personas when a freight train carrying oil derailed in the center of town.
The accident occurred in the early morning of July 6, 2013 when a train with 72 tank wagons loaded with oil derailed in the town in which they lived about 6,000 people and which is located 250 kilometers east of Montreal.
The explosion and subsequent fire virtually destroyed the center of the small Quebec town, causing the death of 47 of its inhabitantsin one of the worst railway accidents in the history of Canada.
This Thursday, the bells of the main church of Lac-Megantic they rang in 47 times to remember the deceased while hundreds of people, including the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau They congregated on the steps of the religious compound.
Trudeau He declared that he had come to the town to show solidarity “and to represent all Canadians and all Canadians.” Quebecois in their continued solidarity with this community.”
After the accident, the municipal authorities requested the diversion of the railway line so that it avoided the urban center but a decade later, the trains continue to run through the town.
Three railway company workers Montreal, Maine and Atlantic (MMA), responsible for the train, they were accused of criminal negligence but in January 2018 a jury found them not guilty.
MMA, headquartered in the US city of Hermon, declared bankruptcy after the accident and the company dissolved in 2014. EFE
