RCMP are asking motorists to avoid the south Perimeter Highway at Highway 330 after a semi truck hit a CP train. The crash happened Monday morning when the semi collided with a southbound CP cargo train just west of the intersection. The 51-year-old semi driver from...
Brandon RCMP are investigating after a female youth was found dead along railway tracks near the Wheat City on Sunday. Little information is available, but police say the girl was discovered at about 9:30 a.m. Her name hasn't been released. The investigation is...
By David Klassen A 29-year-old Portage la Prairie woman is in critical but stable condition after being hit by a train on Sunday. The accident happened shortly after midnight in Portage at the intersection of Fisher Avenue and 8th Street NW. The woman was found near...
By David Klassen An investigation into what caused a CN train to derail in Winnipeg on Saturday is underway. The derailment happened at about 10:30 a.m. near Pembina Highway and the Jubilee Overpass in the Fort Rouge area. Six train cars could be seen on their side,...
Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a crash that left one person dead Sunday morning after a pickup truck collided with a train. RCMP say just before 2:30 a.m. a Ford pickup truck collided with the side of a westbound CN freight train on Edgewood Road in the RM of...
One man was sent to hospital Saturday afternoon after his vehicle hit a train at Sturgeon Road and Inkster Boulevard. The crash happened around 1 p.m. when the Oldsmobile Alero travelling southbound crashed into the train. The crossing was controlled with an arm,...
By Brian Schultz The first year of infrastructure upgrades to Canadian Pacific's North Main Line between Winnipeg and Edmonton is complete. The $250-million, three-year project stretches approximately 850 miles spanning three provinces, and allows the railway to...
A man was killed Thursday afternoon in an accident with a CN freight train in the RM of North Norfolk. RCMP say a 2004 Ford pickup truck travelling northbound on PR 34 collided with the eastbound train about three kilometres north of Austin, Manitoba. The crash...
Police are investigating after a man was killed early Sunday morning by a train in the River Heights area. Few details are available, but both Winnipeg police and CN Rail police are on scene near Borebank Street and Taylor Avenue. The incident happened at about 4 a.m....
By Sarah Klein A collision between a sedan and a CN freight train has claimed the life of a 77-year-old Anola man. RCMP and emergency personnel responded to the crash at about 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday three miles west of Anola. The crash occurred on Millbrook Road just...
By Brian Schultz Two men are lucky to be alive after their vehicle was struck by a train Monday morning in the RM of Reynolds, Manitoba RCMP say the crash happened at about 8:30 a.m. on Lewis Road when a 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche was travelling southbound. The vehicle...
An early-morning crash between an eastbound travelling garbage truck and a southbound CP train derailed 12 train cars on Monday. Watch: The collision happened south of Winnipeg two miles east of St. Mary's Road (Highway 200) on Leclaire Road in the RM of Ritchot at...
