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IN PHOTOS: 11 dead after fatal crash near Stratford

02/07/2012 | Erin Criger, CityNews.ca

fatal crash Stratford An air ambulance lands near Stratford, Ont., following a fatal crash on Feb. 7, 2012. Courtesy of CityNews viewer Albert Burgers.

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fatal crash Stratford An air ambulance lands near Stratford, Ont., following a fatal crash on Feb. 7, 2012. Courtesy of CityNews viewer Albert Burgers.

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Shakespeare crash truck A truck involved in a crash that killed 11 people in Hampstead, Ont. Feb. 6, 2012. CITYNEWS

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Hampstead crash Eleven people died in a collision in a small rural community of Hampstead in southwestern Ontario on Monday afternoon. Courtesy CityNews cameraman John Hanley.

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Hampstead crash Eleven people died in a collision in a small rural community of Hampstead in southwestern Ontario on Monday afternoon. Courtesy CityNews cameraman John Hanley.

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Hampstead crash Eleven people died in a collision in a small rural community of Hampstead in southwestern Ontario on Monday afternoon. Courtesy CityNews cameraman John Hanley.

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Hampstead crash The scene of a crash that killed 11 in Hampstead, Ont., Feb. 6, 2012. CityNews cameraman John Hanley.

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Hampstead crash Eleven people died in a collision in a small rural community of Hampstead in southwestern Ontario on Monday afternoon. Courtesy CityNews cameraman John Hanley.

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A fatal crash Monday night near Stratford, Ont., left 11 people dead and prompted questions about the safety of migrant workers in this country.

The collision was the worst in the province in more than a decade.

It happened around 4:45 p.m. in Hampstead, near Stratford, when a truck hit the large passenger van carrying 13 workers. The driver of the truck and 10 migrant workers were killed.

The crash prompted The United Food and Commercial Workers Union to call for a probe into the safe transportation of agriculture workers.