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10 August 2004

Car Gets Hit by Train

 
West Coast Express
 
CP Rail police and the RCMP are still looking into what led to a collision between a car and a West Coast Express communter train Thursday afternoon.
 
The eastbound train slammed into the 1986 Oldsmobile after the car, driven by a 47-year-old woman, failed to stop at a private crossing at 272 Street in eastern Maple Ridge.
 
The train struck the front end of the car, sending it spinning off into a ditch on the north side of the tracks.
 
The driver was taken to Mission Memorial Hospital with what police described as "very minor" injuries. No one on the train was injured.
 
Ed Greenberg, CP Rail spokesperson, said investigators were still waiting to speak with the driver of the car and so far no charges have been laid.
 
"Part of the investigation will be to talk with the driver and review (the) situation with her", Greenberg said.
 
The 272 Street train crossing is a private crossing with no traffic controls or flashing lights.
 
Editor:  One wonders if she heard the whistle?