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Canada crash kills 11, mostly migrant farm workers

2012-02-08 80 Dailymotion

TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~**- NO ACCESS CANADA*~<br/> <br />On the scene of one of the deadliest car accidents in Canadian history.<br/> <br />Eleven people were killed in southwestern Ontario after a flatbed truck crashed into a van carrying migrant farmer workers.<br/> <br />Both drivers and all nine passengers in the van were killed instantly it was broadsided by the truck, according to local officials.<br/> <br />Roughly 87 miles from Toronto, the town of Hampstead is in the heart of Ontario's rolling farm country, which attracts thousands of migrant farm workers every year.<br/> <br />An emergency worker said the van may have been carrying workers employed by a local chicken hatchery or farm.<br/> <br />While police could not confirm the nationalities of the deceased, media reported they were Spanish speakers. One newspaper said the victims were Peruvian.<br/> <br />Deborah Gembara, Reuters

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