At least six people have been killed in a collision between a passenger train and a bus in Canada's capital, Ottawa.
The front of the bus was ripped off in the crash, and some 30 people are in hospital, 11 with serious injuries. The crash between the double-decker and a Via Rail train occurred at the height of the morning rush hour.
Gregory Mech, who was on the bus, told CBC News that the safety barrier was down and people on board were screaming for the bus to stop. "There were bodies on the train tracks," he said about the aftermath of the crash. "It was horrible. There's just no other way to explain it."
The crash happened at about 08:48 (12:48 GMT) on the outskirts of the city, in the west end, which is a more rural area, surrounded by corn fields.
Ottawa University student Rob Gencarelli, who was on board the train, told CTV: "All I felt was a bump and then I saw smoke, and then we were going off the tracks. I thought we were going to flip over."
Transport officials are investigating at the sceneEyewitnesses also reported seeing the bus driver going into a lowered barrier.
"Boom! It went into the train like that. He just didn't stop,'' Pascal Lolgis was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.
Another witness, Mark Cogan, told AP that the bus just kept going. "The train is going through. And I was just looking around, just watching things happen. And noticed that in the bus lane, the double-decker bus," he said. "I saw him, and he just kept going. He went through the guard rail and just hammered the train, and then it was just mayhem."
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper posted a message on Twitter saying he was "deeply saddened" and that his "thoughts and prayers are with the families of those involved".
It is Canada's worst train accident since a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in a Quebec town in July, killing 47 people.
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