CP Train In Deadly Derailment Began Rolling On Its Own: Safety Board

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The three crew members who were killed were all in the lead locomotive, which plunged into a river.

 

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Lots of questions to be asked here. Tragic. Rail safety is an emerging issue in Canada. Railways are run with skeleton crews to maximize profits and carry increasingly dangerous loads.

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