Unconfirmed information is slowly emerging concerning a mysterious disaster that took place nine days ago when a 22-year-old woman was hit by a train and lost her two legs beneath the the knees in late on a cold night an industrial area of Montreal.
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The woman was said to be a bartender at the Irish Embassy Pub downtown on Bishop and was originally from Ottawa. According to the unconfirmed narrative, she had a bit too much to drink and hopped into a cab to get home to Verdun at about 2:30 a.m. on December 8.
For reasons that remain entirely unclear, the woman ended up nowhere near her home and instead found herself outside on the cold night in an industrial wasteland near Bridge and Wellington in the Point, still a 20-minute walk to the border of Verdun.
Not only was she mysteriously marooned in an industrial wasteland, she found herself on the railway tracks, which is no small feat considering that the tracks are fenced off and elevated
She would have had no reason to be on the tracks, which host trains that come from the South Shore across the Victoria Bridge along tracks that loop behind the Costco.
That route is not a shortcut to anything except more industrial space.
So how she got on the tracks and why she was there remain a profound mystery.
A train came along soon after and hit her.
She was spotted by another train conductor about four hours later in a pool of blood and suffering severe frostbite to her hands.
She has since been placed in an induced coma and so she might never tell her story. .
Some people who discussed this unconfirmed report on Facebook have speculated that the taxi driver might have been negligent for dropping the young woman off in such a spot where she clearly did not live.
Some thought that the woman and driver might have had a disagreement, or maybe she was disoriented from drink, or perhaps she fled a sexual attack, but it's too soon to convict anybody.
Whether this sad story turns to outrage or remains a mystery is anybody's guess.
The woman was said to be a bartender at the Irish Embassy Pub downtown on Bishop and was originally from Ottawa. According to the unconfirmed narrative, she had a bit too much to drink and hopped into a cab to get home to Verdun at about 2:30 a.m. on December 8.For reasons that remain entirely unclear, the woman ended up nowhere near her home and instead found herself outside on the cold night in an industrial wasteland near Bridge and Wellington in the Point, still a 20-minute walk to the border of Verdun.
Not only was she mysteriously marooned in an industrial wasteland, she found herself on the railway tracks, which is no small feat considering that the tracks are fenced off and elevated
She would have had no reason to be on the tracks, which host trains that come from the South Shore across the Victoria Bridge along tracks that loop behind the Costco.
That route is not a shortcut to anything except more industrial space.
So how she got on the tracks and why she was there remain a profound mystery.
A train came along soon after and hit her.
She was spotted by another train conductor about four hours later in a pool of blood and suffering severe frostbite to her hands.
She has since been placed in an induced coma and so she might never tell her story. .
Some people who discussed this unconfirmed report on Facebook have speculated that the taxi driver might have been negligent for dropping the young woman off in such a spot where she clearly did not live.
Some thought that the woman and driver might have had a disagreement, or maybe she was disoriented from drink, or perhaps she fled a sexual attack, but it's too soon to convict anybody.
Whether this sad story turns to outrage or remains a mystery is anybody's guess.