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Investigation Continues After Devastating Train Derailment in Lac-Megantic, Canada
More than 60 people are still reportedly missing and or dead in the small town of Lac-Megantic. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Reuters reporter Richard Valdmanis who has been covering the story from Lac-Megantic since Saturday.
The remains of a burnt train are seen in Lac Megantic, July 8, 2013. A driverless, runaway fuel train that exploded in a deadly ball of flames in the center of a small Quebec town started rumbling down an empty track just minutes after a fire crew had extinguished a blaze in one of its parked locomotives, an eyewitness said on Monday. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger (CANADA – Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT) – RTX11GZD
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The head of the railway company, Rail World, Inc. involved in the train derailment in Canada, visited the scene of the tragedy Wednesday.
Edward Burkhardt said he suspects the train’s engineer of doing “something wrong” before the derailment.
What exactly happened is still the focus of ongoing investigations.
But there’s no doubt about the extent of the devastation after the train loaded with crude oil slammed into the town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec.
Dozens of buildings were destroyed and more than 60 people dead or missing.
Anchor Marco Werman spoke with Richard Valdmanis, a reporter and Boston Bureau Chief for Reuters who has been reporting from Lac-Megantic since Saturday.