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Only weeks after graduating from John Rennie High School, Tristan Morrissette-Perkins of Dorval was killed Monday after he was struck by a Via Rail train while walking on a rail bridge in South Glengarry, about 100 kilometres southeast of Ottawa.

He was with two other teenagers who survived. A 15-year-old boy was taken to hospital with minor injuries following the incident, which occurred minutes before 8 p.m., according to reports.

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The third teenager at the scene was Tristan’s 17-year-old cousin, Bailey Bilney-Morrissette, a member of the Lac St-Louis midget AAA Lions hockey team. Bilney-Morrissette was taken to a hospital but appears not to have sustained serious injuries.

Via Rail Train 669 was en route from Montreal to Toronto. The railway line reopened at about 10:30 p.m.

While the exact circumstances of Monday evening’s tragedy remain unclear, Morrissette-Perkins, a talented hockey player who would have turned 17 this month, had apparently been staying at a nearby camping site.

Although school is out for the summer, the death of Morrissette-Perkins prompted John Rennie Principal Cristina Prata to send an email to graduate students and their families on Tuesday afternoon. The school is offering emotional support to those who need it.