When: Wednesday, July 6 from 5 PM to 6:30 PM

Where: People’s Park on Main St, near Jewett Pkwy. (next to railroad tracks and near the Tri-Main Building)

People’s Park is on the right hand side of Main St when traveling eastbound towards UB’s south campus. It’s adjacent to the railroad tracks that course through Buffalo’s Parkside Community. Those tracks carry manifest trains that sometimes have 20+ DOT-111 tanker cars carrying explosive Bakken crude oil.

Why: On July 6, 2013, an unattended bomb train rolled down a 7 mile long hill and derailed at 60 MPH in downtown Lac Megantic Quebec, killing 47 people, and two others, who committed suicide at a later date — one was a first responder who had pulled the body of his ex-girl friend from the ashes.

Explosive Bakken crude oil is carried daily through Buffalo NY by rail.

We will read the names of the victims of Lac Megantic, and remind people that it’s not a matter of if — but when — a similar accident will happen again.

Sponsors: WNY Drilling Defense, Environmental Justice Task Force of the WNY Peace Center.