Lac Megantic relationships involve SWAT team intervention: 3 arrests
There are at least 47 families who will sleep a little bit better tonight, after the discovery of 3 arrests made in the Lac Megantic disaster. The Sun reports that a SWAT team descended on one of the individuals responsible today, and that 3 arrests were made in the process. The Sun also reports that all of the accused have been released on bail.
On July 6, 2013, the town of Lac Megantic, Quebec suffered a tragedy that has been reported by Maclean's Magazine as the fourth most devastating train tragedy in Canadian history. At approximately 1:15 P.M. E.S.T., after a fire that had been going on all night, an unattended train carrying more than 70 cars of crude oil went off its track and barrelled into the Musi-Café, a summer time hangout for the locals in Lac Megantic. 47 Canadians were burned to death instantly, and 47 moms, brothers, sisters, daughters, lovers, exes, and friends began the grieving process.
After almost a year of finger pointing, marital breakups, corporate scandal, and headlines, 3 men are facing charges. The Sun reports that tactical officers arrived in Eastern Townships, Quebec to arrest Tom Harding today, "the center of the Lac Megantic railway disaster". A spokesman for the Crown told the CBC that Harding is the manager of train operations.
The Sun also reports that this is not the first time Harding has been visited by police within the past few months. Earlier this year Harding was reportedly visited because he had a weapon on site. Suspicion of harm to others however was apparently not the case, and police were reportedly conducting a wellness check on Harding under the suspicion of a suicide risk.
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