27 September 2010

Truck-Train Crash in Sask. Results in Charge

Pense Saskatchewan - A Minnesota truck driver has been charged following a crash involving a semi-trailer and a Canadian Pacific Railway train near Pense, Sask.
 
The collision occurred just before 1 p.m. CT Sunday on the CP main line about three kilometres east of the town of Pense.
 
The trailer on the truck and the engine of the train were severely damaged, although no rail cars derailed and there were no injuries, RCMP said.
 
The truck driver, Tyler Mundell, 20, of Minnesota, has been charged with driving without due care and attention. Police did not identify his home community.
 
Pense is about 35 kilometres west of Regina.