GATINEAU, QC, Jan. 11, 2013 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of
Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to the site of a rail
accident approximately 200 km north of Sept-Îles, Quebec. At 12:20 this
morning local time, a Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway freight
train that was stopped for a signal indication was struck from behind
by a following train. The TSB will gather information and assess the
occurrence.
The TSB is an independent agency that investigates marine, pipeline,
railway and aviation transportation occurrences. Its sole aim is the
advancement of transportation safety. It is not the function of the
Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.
SOURCE: Transportation Safety Board of Canada
