Train and bus crash in Ottawa - in pictures

A city bus collided with a Via Rail passenger train at a crossing in Ottawa, Ontario. The accident happened outside a suburban train station in the city's west end. Photograph: Terry Pedwell/AP

A passenger is taken to hospital by ambulance Photograph: Adrian Wyld/AP

Witnesses said the front of the double-decker bus was ripped off by the impact with the Via Rail train Photograph: Adrian Wyld/AP

A passenger is taken to hospital by ambulance. The injured from the bus who could walk were taken to a second bus nearby to be treated by paramedics Photograph: Adrian Wyld/AP

Police and paramedics at the scene of the crash Photograph: Terry Pedwell/AP

There were multiple fatalities and a number of injured bus passengers but no injuries on the train Photograph: Terry Pedwell/AP

The train tracks in the area cross both a major city street and a transit lane reserved for buses only Photograph: Darryl Praill/Reuters