(Source: Globe and Mail, June 22, 2015)
TORONTO — Nearly two years after the Lac-Mégantic oil train explosion killed 47 people and leveled the small Quebec town, the federal Canadian government has laid new criminal charges.
Six former employees of the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, including the train engineer and the top executive, face charges under the Railway Safety Act and Fisheries Act for their alleged roles in the worst Canadian rail disaster in modern times. The bankrupt company itself has also been charged.
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