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CP Rail train collides with logging truck in Canal Flats

There were no reported injuries despite extensive damage to the logging truck’s trailer.

Photos provided to MyEastKootenayNow.com show the trailer severely damaged underneath the train’s engine.

According to Salem Woodrow, Manager of Media Relations and Community Affairs with CP Rail, a freight train “made contact with a logging truck” on Thursday afternoon in Canal Flats.

“There were no injuries to the crew,” Woodrow wrote to MyEastKootenayNow.com in an emailed statement.

“CP appreciates the response from local first responders who quickly attended the incident.”

No further details were provided about the collision between the train and the logging truck.

Bradley Jones
Bradley Jones
Delivering local news and sports in the East Kootenay since April 2016, Bradley now calls Cranbrook home. Born and raised in Airdrie, AB, Bradley graduated from Lethbridge College, and has been a journalist, news anchor and reporter since 2014. Bradley took on local News Director responsibilities when he moved to Cranbrook in 2016. He is now Vista Radio's Kootenay News Director, managing and overseeing all news operations at the company's five regional radio stations in Cranbrook, Creston, Nelson, Castlegar, and Grand Forks.

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