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2012 Burlington VIA derailment

Index 2012 Burlington VIA derailment

The Burlington VIA train derailment was a derailment that occurred on February 26, 2012, in the Aldershot neighborhood of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, resulting in deaths of the 3 engineers in the locomotive and 46 injuries. [1]

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Air medical services

Air medical services is a comprehensive term covering the use of air transportation, airplane or helicopter, to move patients to and from healthcare facilities and accident scenes.

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Aldershot GO Station

Aldershot GO Station is a railway station and bus station used by Via Rail and GO Transit, located at Highway 403 and Waterdown Road in the Aldershot community of Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

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Aldershot, Burlington

Aldershot is a community in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

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Burlington, Ontario

Burlington is a city in the Regional Municipality of Halton at the northwestern end of Lake Ontario.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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CBC News

CBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.

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Corridor (Via Rail)

The Corridor is a Via Rail passenger train service area in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario.

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Credit Valley Hospital

Credit Valley Hospital is a regional hospital located in Mississauga, Ontario.

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CTV News

CTV News is the news division of the CTV Television Network in Canada.

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Derailment

A derailment occurs when a vehicle such as a train runs off its rails.

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Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Joseph Brant Hospital

Joseph Brant Hospital is a hospital in Burlington, Ontario.

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List of disasters in Canada

This is a list of disasters (man-made and natural) in Canada arranged by date.

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List of rail accidents (2010–present)

This is a list of rail accidents since 2010.

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Mississauga

Mississauga Also pronounced: Dictionary Reference:, The Free Dictionary: is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Mississauga Hospital

Mississauga Hospital is a regional and teaching hospital in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara Falls is a city in Ontario, Canada.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Ornge

Ornge (formerly Ontario Air Ambulance Corporation) is the non-profit charitable organization which provides air ambulance and associated ground transportation service for the province of Ontario, Canada under the direction of the province's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

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Railroad engineer

An engineer (American and Canadian), engine driver, train driver, loco pilot, motorman, train operator (British and Commonwealth English), is a person who operates a train.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Transportation Safety Board of Canada

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB, French: Bureau de la sécurité des transports du Canada, BST), officially the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board (French: Bureau canadien d'enquête sur les accidents de transport et de la sécurité des transports) is the agency of the Government of Canada responsible for advancing transportation safety in Canada.

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UTC−05:00

UTC−05:00 is a time offset that subtracts five hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Via Rail

Via Rail Canada (generally shortened to Via Rail or Via; styled corporately as VIA Rail Canada) is an independent Crown corporation, subsidized by Transport Canada, mandated to offer intercity passenger rail services in Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Burlington_VIA_derailment

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