Three employees and a railway company will face criminal charges more than 10 months after a freight train derailment killed 47 people and destroyed the centre of Lac-Mégantic, in the Canadian province of Quebec.
The three men who were arrested Monday (May 12) are engineer Thomas Harding, manager of train operations Jean Demaitre, and railway traffic controller Richard Labrie.
The three, and the Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd., face 47 counts of criminal negligence.
Shortly after the derailment, questions were raised about the company’s practices that could raise questions of safety, such as using only one engineer to operate a train. See here.
More information:
National Post – Lac-Mégantic train disaster leads to charges against Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway and three employees – here
CBC News – Crown says 47 counts of criminal negligence filed against 3 people and MM&A Railway – here
CTV News – Lawyer of Lac-Megantic engineer accuses police of overzealous arrest – here
Transportation Safety Board of Canada – Lac-Mégantic railway investigation, info – here
CBC News (July, 2013) – Train engineer in Lac-Mégantic derailment is ‘very down’ – here
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