'There were no brakes': Lac-Mégantic expert witness describes how fuel-car convoy became runaway train

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https://i.cbc.ca/1.4026829.1506801209!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/lac-megantic-class-action-20161026.jpg Steven Callaghan, an expert witness in railway accidents, told the judge and jury in the Lac-Mégantic trial none of the ghost train's 73 tanker cars had handbrakes applied, so when the runaway train broke away from its locomotives, it had no brakes at all.


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