Английская Википедия:1989 Cormier-Village hayride accident

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox News event The Cormier-Village hayride accident occurred in the Canadian rural community of Cormier-Village, New Brunswick, Шаблон:Convert west of Cap-Pelé and Шаблон:Convert east of Shediac.

Accident

On the afternoon of Sunday, October 8, 1989, the members of the McGraw and Léger families were participating in a hayride, travelling in a wagon pulled by a farm tractor, as well as two following pickup trucks, along the shoulder of Route 945.[1] They were approximately Шаблон:Convert from the end of the ride at a community hall in Cormier-Village where they had planned a family reunion as part of their celebration of Thanksgiving Weekend.

The driver of a tractor trailer (logging truck) hauling a 6-tonne load of hardwood logs cut into Шаблон:Convert lengths lost control as he passed, resulting in the entire load of logs tipping onto the tractor/wagon and pickup trucks.[2] 13 people were killed and 45 injured[3] with many victims pinned and crushed; five children were among those who died.[4]

Emergency responders from the RCMP in Shediac, volunteer fire fighters from Cap-Pelé and numerous ambulance paramedics from across Westmorland County responded. Victims were transported to tertiary care hospitals in Moncton, approximately Шаблон:Convert away.

Response

The horror of this accident, both for survivors and emergency responders, resulted in the Government of New Brunswick forming a provincial Critical Incident Stress Management Team.[3][5]

References

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  • Hay Wagon - Truck Collision Kills 12 (Associated Press) 9 October 1989

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