8 April 2008
Local Train Operators Unhurt After CPR Derailment
Local train operators involved in a derailment south of Ralph on
Monday are shaken up, but otherwise OK, said manager.
Around 8:15 a.m. on Monday, several cars on at least one train derailed about eight kilometres south of Ralph along Highway 39.
A grass fire started from the derailment.
Marshall Karn, Moose Jaw Canadian Pacific Railway road manager, said a Moose Jaw engineer, as well as a conductor, were operating
the train when it derailed.
He said both crew members were transported to a Weyburn hospital and released later the same day without any injuries, except
perhaps to their proverbial nerves.
"They were a little shaken up, but they are OK," he said, adding he hasn't heard of a derailment involving a Moose Jaw
crew and such incidences are quite rare.
According to a RCMP release, police don't believe the contents fo the train cars are involved in the fire, although some of the
contents being transported, including Di-nutrogen Tetroxid and Nitric Oxide, are considered dangerous.
As a precaution, the immediate surrounding area was evacuated.
As of Monday, police, EMS and fire crews were on the scene, with hazardous materials specialists in the way.
Once the two local members involved in the crash return to Moose Jaw, Karn said they will have a few days to recuperate from their
recent scare.
"They'll get a little bit of time off."
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