B.C. wedding goes ahead despite deaths of 6 relatives
B.C. wedding goes ahead despite deaths of 6 relatives
B.C.婚礼6名客人被卡车撞死
Reports indicate 2 victims from B.C., 2 from Toronto and 2 from California
据报道2名客人来自B.C.，2名来自多伦多，2名来自加州
Last Updated: Sunday, August 26, 2007 | 2:25 PM ET
CBC News
A grieving family from Abbotsford, B.C., went ahead with a wedding Sunday, two days after six of the bride's relatives were killed when a truck plowed through a traditional Indian wedding procession.
B.C.省的Abbotsford悲伤的印度家庭星期天继续举行婚礼，尽管两天前6名新娘的亲戚被一辆卡车撞死。
'We were just a little bit far away from the house and the man just gets the car and just zooms in top speed and crashes everybody.'—Yuvraj Boparai, 9
The victims were in a group of 30 people, mostly from the bride's family, who were marching down a dimly lit rural road just before 11 p.m. on Friday. The procession was hit from behind by a pickup truck, killing six and sending 17 others to hospital.
30多位客人大部分是新娘的亲戚，他们星期五晚上11点左右在黯淡的乡间马路行走。一辆卡车从后面撞向人群，导致6人死亡，另外17人受伤。
Abbotsford police said the road was dry at the time of the accident and have ruled out drugs or alcohol as causes. But Sgt. Amar Kingra said investigators are far from finished.
Abbotsford警方说事故发生时路面干燥，并排除了毒品和酒精是事故发生的原因。
"We're looking into all of that and that's the responsibility of our detective section," Kingra said. "They're interviewing tens and tens of people. There could be a hundred people interviewed by the time we're done."
The CBC's Bob Nixon reported that tests are being conducted on the vehicle and police are investigating whether the driver, 71, may have fallen asleep at the wheel.
On Sunday, the family was trying to come to grips with the accident. Yuvraj Boparai, 9, one of the survivors, said his 12-year-old cousin was among those killed.
"We were just a little bit far away from the house and the man just gets the car and just zooms in top speed and crashes everybody," Yuvraj said.
An arrow painted on the road in Abbotsford indicates the position where a pickup truck hit and killed six people on Friday evening.An arrow painted on the road in Abbotsford indicates the position where a pickup truck hit and killed six people on Friday evening.
(Richard Lam/Canadian Press)
The dead include three males and three females, whose ages ranged from the pre-teen to the 50s. There are reports that two of the dead were from B.C., two from Toronto and two from California, but police have not publicly confirmed it nor have they released the victims' names.
The injured included two infants, according to police.
伤者包括两名婴儿。
The wedding took place in nearby Mission. Between 200 and 300 relatives gathered for the event from across British Columbia, Ontario, California and the United Kingdom, down from the expected 500 guests, Nixon said.
婚礼在Mission附近举行。大约有200-300名来自B.C.省，安大略，加州和英国的亲戚朋友参加了婚礼。原来预计有500名客人参加。
Another blow to Indo-Canadian community
这是对印度社区的又一次打击
Abbotsford Coun. Moe Gill, who knew one of the victims, said the roadside incident was another blow to the city's Indo-Canadian community, which was sent reeling in March when three Indo-Canadian farm workers were killed in a van crash on Highway One in Abbotsford.
Abbotsford议员Moe Gill认识其中的一名受害者，他说这是对该市印度社区的又一个打击。今年三月3名在农场工作的工人在一号高速公路被一辆货车撞死。
"Well, this is shocking, you know, because we just getting over the tragedy we had a little while ago on the freeway," Gill said.
He said the latest tragedy will affect a lot of people because so many Indo-Canadians in Abbotsford either work with or are related to each other.
他说这一悲剧会影响很多人，因为在Abbotsford有很多印裔加拿大人。
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