{"id":305631,"date":"2025-11-25T09:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/305631\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:33:17","slug":"two-brothers-19-and-22-dead-after-being-struck-by-a-light-rail-train-near-montreal-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/305631\/","title":{"rendered":"Two brothers, 19 and 22, dead after being struck by a light-rail train near Montreal &#8211; Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The deaths of two brothers struck by a light-rail train over the weekend has a community southwest of\u00a0Montreal\u00a0reeling.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763808739_201_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Simon and Samuel Brochu, both of St-R\u00e9mi,\u00a0Que., died after being struck by the automated train early Saturday morning near Brossard,\u00a0Que.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the collision occurred around 3 a.m. Saturday, when three young men attempted to use the tracks to cross to the other side of Highway 10 near the light rail\u2019s Du Quartier station in Brossard, just south of\u00a0Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Sylvie Gagnon-Breton of St-R\u00e9mi, about 30 kilometres southwest of\u00a0Montreal, said the loss of two young brothers has had a profound impact on the community. She offered condolences on behalf of the community and the city during a difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Truck crash causes partial shutdown of new REM line'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TRUCK_CRASH_SUSPENDS_RE_OM01LJY0_thumbnail_1280x720_.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:59<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTruck crash causes partial shutdown of new REM line\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe young victims were known, especially within the sports community locally,\u201d Gagnon-Breton said in an interview, adding they were hockey players who were well known at the local rink.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had many friends around their age who were greatly affected by the news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763808740_130_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Brochu, 19, died at the scene and his older brother, Samuel Brochu, 22, died in hospital on Sunday. Quebec\u2019s coroner\u2019s office confirmed the deaths, adding one of its members has been assigned to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>The third victim, a 19-year-old man, survived the collision.<\/p>\n<p>Officials behind the train network, the R\u00e9seau express m\u00e9tropolitain, expressed their condolences.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The REM\u2019s operator, Pulsar, said the collision occurred after people went on the tracks, which are fenced off and run along the provincial highway in the area. The operator also warned in a statement that attempting to cross the tracks is dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remind everyone of the importance of respecting safety zones and never entering the tracks, for your safety, and that crossing the REM tracks, like any other railway, is very dangerous,\u201d Pulsar said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11540382\/us-senators-tariffs-cultural-break-relations-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764063195_240_U.S.-Senators-Halifax.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tU.S. senators say tariffs causing \u2018cultural break\u2019 in relations with Canada\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11540512\/slender-man-stabber-found-ankle-monitor-morgan-geyser\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764063196_431_CP173811557.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Slender Man\u2019 stabber found after cutting ankle monitor, fleeing group home\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why the entire REM right-of-way is fenced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pulsar also said it was collaborating closely with public authorities to shed full light on the circumstances surrounding the collision. The light-rail network recently opened 14 new stations running between downtown\u00a0Montreal\u00a0and Deux-Montagnes.<\/p>\n<p>The train doesn\u2019t ferry passengers at the hour the incident occurred, but the trains continue operating for testing, maintenance or other technical work outside of operating hours, Pulsar said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On social media, friends and relatives of the victims paid tribute by changing their profile photos. Some used the image of a candle with the words \u201cin the memory of the Brochu brothers\u201d while others used a photo of a hockey jersey bearing the family name.<\/p>\n<p>The community also wants to respect the family\u2019s privacy in the face of tragedy, the mayor added. Local health officials are providing support to youth, families and parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor families, losing a child is truly tragic,\u201d Gagnon-Breton said. \u201cFor others who have already experienced this, it will also bring back memories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Deux-Montagnes REM line up and running'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CP174581947.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:54<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDeux-Montagnes REM line up and running\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNext Video<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The deaths of two brothers struck by a light-rail train over the weekend has a community southwest of\u00a0Montreal\u00a0reeling.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,12375,44,12350],"class_list":["post-305631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-deaths","tag-news","tag-rem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}