Watch the video above: Service resumes after deadly accident in Ottawa
Train service between Toronto and Ottawa has resumed Friday following a horrific crash involving a city bus and Via Rail train.
Via had been busing passengers between Ottawa and Brockville since Wednesday.
Six people, including OC Transpo bus driver Dave Woodard, were killed when bus 76 plowed past a flashing signal barrier into Via Train 51 on the Ottawa-Toronto corridor.
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On Thursday, investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada recovered data recorders from the bus and locomotive involved in the accident.
A spokeswoman said the TSB will have to get help dealing with the data recorder from the bus because the agency doesn’t normally deal with bus accidents.
TSB officials said it could take months to determine why the city bus drove through a lowered safety barrier at the rail crossing.
The TSB said Wednesday that crossing accidents have been a concern of the agency for a long time, adding that between 2003 and 2012 there were 2,162 crossing accidents on Canada’s federally-regulated railways.
Wednesday’s crash is the largest fatality involving a bus and train in Ottawa.
*With files from the Canadian Press
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