Metrolinx uses shocking video to educate on railroad accidents

Miraculously, the teens were not seriously injured, but they were most likely traumatized after colliding with a GO train. released a spokeswoman for Metrolinx on Monday as a message of awareness.

The company is appealing to the parents of the three individuals who recently laid down their lives and other people supervising young people to inform them of the dangers of illegal railroad entry.

If you recognize these young people, please contact usasked Steve Weir, director of customer protection services for Metrolinx. We’re not trying to be punitive, he assured us, but we are eager to talk to your children to educate them and make sure they never take this kind of risk again.

The incident occurred May 20 at the Humber River Rail Bridge near Dundas Street West, Metrolinx said after the repairs.

While crossing the viaduct, train drivers spotted a boy clinging to the fence on the side of the bridge and almost missed it.

Then they saw two other young men running in front of them on the tracks as if trying to overtake the train, Metrolinx said.

Train crews had to blow their horns and apply emergency brakes before the individuals could flee, the company also said.

Fatal incidents

Accidents at level crossings and the causes of trespassing still remain a serious problemsays a federal report presented as part of a review of the Railway Safety Act in 2018.

Although they accounted for approximately 22% of all accidents that occurred from 2007 to 2017, they were the cause of 91% of deaths and 79% of serious injuries related to rail transportation, the says the report.

According to figures from 2007 to 2017, trespassing on railway property resulted in 499 deaths and 212 serious injuries while level crossing accidents resulted in 259 deaths and 282 serious injuries.