02-01-2018 20:28 via montrealgazette.com

Closing arguments in Lac-Mégantic trial to begin Wednesday

Three months after it began, the trial of three railway employees charged in the 2013 Lac-Mégantic train derailment is to begin winding down this week, with closing arguments due to start on Wednesday. 
Train driver Thomas Harding, 56, traffic controller Richard Labrie, 59, and manager of train operations Jean Demaître, 53, each face one count of criminal negligence causing the death of 47 people.
The three men were charged after an unattended train carrying
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