28 March 2006
50 Cars Pileup in Oshawa, Train Leaves the Track
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An official walks past an area of wrecked cars at the Gen Auto
Shippers Ltd yard at Stevenson and Phillip Murray. An apparent train derailment damaged approx 30 cars in the yard -
28 Mar 2006.
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Oshawa - Approximately 50 vehicles were damaged when railway cars left the tracks at an
automobile shipping yard in south Oshawa early Tuesday morning.
No one was hurt in the incident, which occurred around 3 a.m. said GM spokesman Stew Low. He said the company is taking part in an
investigation of the accident, which took place at the Gen-Auto shipping facility on Stevenson Road near Philip Murray
Avenue.
"Three empty rail cars derailed and struck some vehicles," Mr. Low said.
"The best estimate was it was 50 vehicles in total."
The vehicles sustained varying levels of damage, said Mr. Low. A dollar value for the cars affected hasn't been determined.
CP Rail, which owns the rail cars involved, is leading the investigation into what caused the accident, and GM is also participating.
The incident occurred at Gen-Auto Shippers Ltd., a company contracted by GM to ship vehicles by rail and truck.
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