DORVAL, QUEBEC
17 APRIL 2015
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying
a team of investigators to a derailment involving a Canadian National (CN)
train in Saint-Basile near Edmundston, New Brunswick.
The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.
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EDMUNDSTON AREA TRACK REOPENS AFTER CN TRAIN DERAILMENT
There were no injuries when 35 cars and one locomotive went
off the rails on Friday afternoon.
Canadian National Railway says tracks at the site of a
derailment in New Brunswick have been repaired and the line has been
re-opened.
In a statement issued Sunday, CN says crews continue to
remove derailed cars from the area but traffic has resumed on the rail
line near Edmundston, N.B.
The company says there were no injuries when 35 cars and
one locomotive went off the rails on Friday afternoon.
Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board are
assessing the derailment to determine what kind of investigation is
needed.
Jacques Doiron, the Emergency Measures co-ordinator
for Edmundston, said some of the derailed cars were empty crude
oil tankers but there were no leaks and an evacuation was not needed.
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EDMUNDSTON, CANADA
APRIL 17, 2015
Emergency officials are on the scene of a train derailment
near the northwestern New Brunswick city of Edmundston.
About 35 cars of a CN Rail freight train left the track
Friday afternoon just south of the Edmundston between the Sainte-Basil area of
the city and the village of Riviere-Verte.
The derailment happened near the Old Trans-Canada highway
passing near Edmundston–now called Route 144.
The train was carrying wood, paper products, automobiles and
some empty tanker cars when it left the tracks.
There are no injuries reported but it appears some the cars
are completely off the rails, while others are only partially derailed.
A spokeswoman for the city of Edmundston said there doesn’t
appear to be any spills or environmental danger.
Edmundston fire fighters and CN officials are on the scene
along with the city’s Emergency Measures Organization and police.
There are no homes nearby the scene but officials are asking
motorists to avoid the area.