The truck and trailer in the ditch - Date unknown RCMP.

12 September 2012

Train Collides with Semi Near Estevan

Estevan Saskatchewan - Emergency services were on scene at a crash site after a semi collided with a train.
 
At approximately 3:20 p.m., RCMP in Estevan along with Estevan emergency services responded to the site approximately a kilometer south east of the city limits.
 
The 33-year-old truck driver suffered minor injuries and was later released by medical personnel at the scene.
 
Police say the semi-truck was traveling south on a gravel road and had stopped with its front end on the tracks shortly before the approaching train collided with it. The semi-truck was subsequently knocked by the train into the west ditch of the intersection.
 
The semi-truck was hauling a flat deck trailer which did not have a load. No one was injured on the train and no derailment resulted.
 
Alcohol is not believed to be a factor.
 
Police say the investigation is continuing.
 
Author unknown.