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Canadian train in quarantine after death, illness

Fri May 9, 2008 11:22am EDT
TORONTO, May 9 (Reuters) - A woman died and 10 people were taken to hospital after a mystery illness aboard a Canadian long-distance train, CP24 news channel said on its website.

The station said the train, on a cross-Canada route between Vancouver and Toronto, was in quarantine near Timmins, a mining center in northern Ontario, and nobody except emergency personnel were allowed aboard. (Reporting by Janet Guttsman; Editing by Peter Galloway)


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