Train derailment blocking highway near Craven, Sask.

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A train derailed while crossing Highway 20 near Craven, Sask. on Tuesday evening.

Maria Fuller said she was driving into Craven with her sister around 9:40 when she noticed the road was blocked by the train. As they approached the intersection, the pileup of train cars came into view.

“Just to the right side, there was a pileup 30 to 40 metres high of train,” Fuller said, in an interview with CTV News on Tuesday night. “It was just the spookiest, scariest thing ever.” Fuller said the roads were not too icy and the visibility was good on Tuesday night. After they realized what happened, she said her sister called 9-1-1 before they turned around to take a different route home.

“She had said that it had just been reported. We turned around and we were headed back to try to get home another route. We passed all the emergency vehicles coming,” she said. The Village of Craven said alternative routes of travel to Regina are available on Highway 99 and 6. As of 7:45 a.m., the village said the roadway was still closed.Craven, Sask., is approximately 40 kilometres north of Regina.

 

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