Spences Bridge British Columbia - 21 Mar 1974 - Francis Bottici, 47, and John W. Boyd, 24, were killed early Sunday morning when a CPR empty coal train struck a rock slide and veered over a 100 foot steep bank, blocking the Trans-Canada Highway about a mile west of Spences Bridge.
 
The accident happened about 04:30.
 
On impact the train appeared to slide about 60 feet before careening over the bank.
 
The two engines blocked the highway, the second one coming to a stop on top of the first one, which was accordioned to about half its original size.
 
Two empty coal cars were resting perpendicularly up the bank to the track above.
 
CPR crews from Ashcroft, Spences Bridge, and Lytton were soon at work with crane and heavy equipment endeavouring to clear the highway.
 
It took about two hours to free the two men trapped in the engine.
 
The highway was opened to one lane traffic about 24 hours after the accident.
 
22 Mar 1924 - Killed Near Black Canyon Section Foreman Meets Death While on Way to Ashcroft on Speeder
 
Charles Koblasky, 38, section foreman on the CPR about three miles west of here, was instantly killed by being struck by a train while he was on his way to Ashcroft on a speeder on Sunday afternoon last.
 
He was coming to town for the purpose of taking his wife and family home, who had been spending the weekend in town with friends.
 
Evidence given at the inquest held on Monday afternoon seemed to indicate that the unfortunate man was in the act of moving the speeder from the rails when he was struck.
 
Mr. J. Drabit, who was Koblasky's assistant at Black Canyon, did not see his foreman leave with the speeder, which leaves some doubt as to which train was responsible for his death, as one went west and one east that afternoon.
 
Neither of the engineers saw anyone on the tracks, nor were they aware of having struck a speeder at that point.
 
Barbara Roden.