A train struck and killed three young men walking near railway tracks in Montreal overnight, police said Sunday. Constable Danny Richer told AFP that the victims, one aged 17 and two others aged 19, were hit by the VIA Rail train in southern Montreal at around 3:00 am (0700 GMT).
They were among five young people walking near the tracks at the Turcotte exchange, a freeway interchange within the city, when they were struck by a train bound from Toronto to Montreal.
The two survivors, also male, were being treated for shock at a nearby hospital, Richer explained. "Investigators are still on the scene trying to establish what happened," the constable added. "One hypothesis is that they were spraying graffiti," he said.