2 teens killed in UP Express train collision, Toronto police say
Toronto police are urging people to be careful around railway tracks after a 16-year-old and a 14-year-old were fatally struck by an UP Express train on Monday.
Police were called to the the area of Eglinton Avenue W. and Weston Road around 10:05 p.m. on Monday, after receiving reports of someone struck by a train.
When officers arrived, they found two people who were both pronounced dead at the scene.
At a news conference Tuesday, investigators identified the victims as a boy, 16, and a girl, 14. Police said the victims’ families have been notified.
“These incidents are traumatic for both the families of the victims and the persons involved in the train,” said Sgt. Keri Fernandes.
Fernandes said the questions of why the teens were on the tracks and whether there was any criminal activity involved had not been “completely uncovered yet.”
More than 200 people were on the UP Express Monday night headed toward the airport when the train crashed into the teens on a stretch of tracks between stations, officials said.
“We also want them to be mindful of their own health and if they’re experiencing anything that they need assistance with, to reach out to Toronto victim services and make use of their counselling,” Fernandes said.
“Railway safety is very important to us here and we want to remind people that walking on the tracks at any period of time is dangerous and people need to stay away from all railways.”
The chief operating officer for Metrolinx, the provincial agency that operates the train between Toronto Pearson Airport and downtown Union Station, said the agency continues to urge people not to cross open railway lines.
“This is a tragic incident,” Martin Gallagher told reporters Tuesday.
“Our message is the same message that we always give, we implore people to stay away from live train tracks.”
Gallagher, who also serves as Metrolinx’s chief safety and security officer, said one of the agency’s priorities would be to “manage the mental health of those involved,” adding the operators would be off work for “a period of time.”
Metrolinx said passengers on the train were held on board for about two hours while police investigated. They were then let off at Mount Dennis station. UP Express trains were suspended for the rest of the night, with buses running instead, but rail service resumed Tuesday morning.
Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact them.
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