Posted AT 4:04 AM EDT on 12/05/08
Blood clot caused Via rider's death, police say
TORONTO — A short-lived pandemic scare, one that caused a train to be quarantined last Friday, actually resulted from a sedentary passenger's fatal blood clot, police have told The Globe and Mail.
Brenda Buckley, a 43-year-old South African tourist travelling alone on a cross-Canada rail journey, died from a pulmonary embolism, authorities say.
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