Investigation of freight train derailment underway in Goderich, Ont.
GODERICH, Ont. Officials say an investigation is underway after a train derailment demolished two vehicles and an outbuilding in Goderich, Ont., on Monday.
Feb 3, 2021 8:58 AM By: Canadian Press
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GODERICH, Ont. Officials say an investigation is underway after a train derailment demolished two vehicles and an outbuilding in Goderich, Ont., on Monday.
Transport Canada, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and the local detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are all involved.
Police say emergency services were called to the Goderich Grain Terminal Monday after two people narrowly escaped injury when the train jumped the tracks.
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Around 1:30 Monday afternoon, Huron County OPP say first responders were called to the Goderich Grain Terminal on Harbour Street after a witness reported seeing the train derail and collide with a pickup truck and outbuilding.
Police say firefighters helped get two people who were trapped in the truck get out of the vehicle unscathed.
They say the train also completely demolished an unoccupied transport truck and trailer that had just been loaded at the grain elevators
The runaway train then continued west toward the lake where approximately 10 of the cars derailed and continued on striking the pickup truck and a wooden storage shed before coming to a halt.