OTTAWA — Three young men were killed by a train in Montreal early Sunday morning while trespassing in an area police call “very dangerous.”
The men were hit by a train around 3:00 a.m. while walking along the train tracks near Place Turcot on land owned by the Ministère du Transport Québec.
Montreal police Constable Anie Lemieux said the initial investigation suggests the men were on the train tracks to paint graffiti.
“It’s a very dangerous area,” Const. Lemieux said. “It’s hard to hear trains coming in. No one is supposed to be there because it is private property.”
Two of the victims were pronounced dead on the scene. The other was rushed to hospital, where he died.
Two other men survived the encounter with the train and were treated for shock.
Police believe the men were between the ages of 17- and 20-years-old. They cannot yet confirm whether all the men were from Montreal.
Investigators remain on scene to piece together the events leading to the deadly crash.
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