Canada judge tells jury in deadly oil derailment trial to press on
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS JANUARY 16, 2018 / 3:41 PM / UPDATED 27 MINUTES AGO
Canada judge tells jury in deadly oil derailment trial to press on
Reuters Staff
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MONTREAL (Reuters) - A Canadian judge on Tuesday told jurors to continue deliberations, despite their difficulty in reaching a verdict in the joint trial of three former rail employees in the 2013 Lac Megantic train derailment that killed 47 in Quebec, local media said.
The jury had earlier told the judge it was at an impasse, said Charles Shearson, a lawyer for one of the three defendants.
In July 2013, the downtown section of the town of Lac Megantic was destroyed following the derailment of a Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd train carrying crude oil.
Locomotive engineer Tom Harding, 56, operations manager Jean Demaître, 53, and rail traffic controller Richard Labrie, 59, face charges of criminal negligence causing death in the crude-by-rail disaster, according to court documents.
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