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Safety Board Investigates Serious Injury Suffered By Worker At B.C. Rail Yard

The Canadian Press, 22 Dec, 2016 12:12 PM
  • Safety Board Investigates Serious Injury Suffered By Worker At B.C. Rail Yard
DELTA, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has begun an investigation into an accident at a railway yard in Delta, B.C., that seriously injured a worker.
 
The board says a train struck an engineering employee of PNR RailWorks on Sunday.
 
The board says a Toronto Terminals Railway crew was performing switching operations in the Roberts Bank yard in Delta at the time.

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