Lawyer Says Lac-Mégantic Train Engineer Hiding on his Advice

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The lawyer of train engineer, Thomas Harding, entangled in Lac-Megantic calamity announced that his client has gone into hiding on his suggestion, in order to evade scrutiny by media outlets into his role in the derailment of a 72-car train in Lac-Mégantic. He claims to have advised Harding to try and get himself back on an even keel after the tragedy that killed an estimated 50 people.

The lawyer hired by Harding last Tuesday, Thomas Walsh, mentioned in a statement that “he’s doing the best he can under the circumstances, but he’s been very affected by the events and he’s in a state of shock.” He alleged that “whatever his ultimate responsibility might be deemed to be, he is the conductor of the train that killed those people.”

Walsh explained in an interview conducted by The Gazette on Tuesday that Harding was interrogated by the Sûreté du Québec for at least 10 hours a short while after the crash and subsequent explosions that devastated downtown Lac-Mégantic. He added that soon after he was questioned for another four hours by the Transportation Safety Board. Walsh elucidated that “he’s done what he had to do in terms of co-operating with the investigation so it’s a question of where he can be more useful and get back on his own feet. Would it have done him any good to go back to Lac-Mégantic? He was there for three days after the tragedy. … It’s always such a difficult thing to find words of sorrow or sympathy.”

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