Posted on 05/09/2008 8:04:35 AM PDT by fanfan
A Via Rail train, carrying more than 260 passengers to Toronto, has been quarantined in Foleyet, Ont. after one person died and several people fell ill.
"Currently there are a few people who are seriously ill on the train and one person is being airlifted right now," OPP Sgt. Laura Nichols told CTV.ca from the North Bay Communications Centre.
The train was quarantined at the train depot in Foleyet, a community near Sudbury, Ont., after officials notified police that someone was feeling ill. More than 260 people were aboard the train when it stopped in Foleyet.
Police believe there are a total of four to five people who are ill on the train, experiencing flu-like symptoms.
"As far as determining what it is, we're not there yet," Nichols said.
Via Rail spokesperson Catherine Kaloutsky told CTV News she can confirm that one person has died, but they are waiting for more details from the scene.
The train had left from Jasper and was bound for Toronto, Nichols said.
CN Rail spokesperson Frank Binder confirmed to CTV.ca that the train has come to a stop in Foleyet.
"Our crews have come to a complete stop at that location and they are dealing with emergency personnel there."
With more to come...
Perhaps food bourne illness?
Does SARS work that fast?
I can’t tell but it looks like those are just regular masks instead on respirators so “droplet” precautions”?
I don’t know enough to know what to think. Though I’m amazed at how well they’re keeping a lid on this. That part, the tight lid, actually scares me more than the reportage.
I loved that movie.
I just read on another site that CNN will be giving updates.Strange no-one is online on the train.
Yeah you would expect a “not sure what it is but it isn’t terrorism. It’s a relief to see how the rescuers are dressed though. That’s a good sign,... I think:’) When is national train day though? Amtrak has been sending me a lot of e-mails. I’ll have to go check but it’s this month sometime..
This is MUCH more than food poisoning.
I’m sorry, but I have to go for a while.
I’ll check back later this afternoon.
Not in full moonsuits you mean? That's kinda what I was thinking.
Via Rail didn't have a single mention on its website last I looked. Note to Via Rail: Way to go, guys.
Agreed, food poisoning would have affected most everyone on the train, not just 2 cars.
It’s tomorrow. That could make people jittery. Hopefully this woman that died wasn’t infectious but people just got scared.
True but you don’t airlift someone just because they say they are sick. Symptoms would have to be present I would think.
sounds like the plot of “Zombies on a Train”
Have you ever been in that part of Ontario? Nothing but trees and lakes. Medevac makes perfect sense, considering the location and the fact that there was a death.
The lack of instant and saturating news coverage is a similar result of the location. And that, IMO, is a good thing.
Jasper is in the Rockies, a tourist area. Lots of Asian tourists.
Baba, Jasper is on the BC border. I think Vancouver to Jasper is one day at most.
I think we are getting the “cover” story;the Brits have long had a thing about official secrets(there is no public’s right to know” and Canada’s governing still resembles Britain in many ways.
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