Update: All three former rail employees acquitted in Lac-Mégantic trial

SHERBROOKE — One of the most closely watched Canadian trials in recent years ended Friday with the acquittal of three former railway employees who were charged with criminal negligence causing the death of 47 people in the Lac-Megantic tragedy.
The jurors reached the verdict on their ninth day of deliberations.
Tom Harding, Richard Labrie and Jean Demaître were charged with criminal negligence in the 2013 tragedy that killed 47 people when a runaway train carrying crude oil derailed