Media advisory - CORRECTION: TSB Chair and Chief Operating Officer to hold news briefing on the investigation into the train derailment and fire in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec

GATINEAU, QC, July 12, 2013 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will hold a news briefing regarding the investigation into the 6 July 2013 derailment and fire involving a freight train operated by Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.

When:
12 July 2013, 2:30 pm

Where:
Intersection of Laval and Victoria Streets
Lac-Mégantic, Québec

Who:
Wendy A. Tadros
Chair

Jean Laporte
Chief Operating Officer

The TSB is an independent agency that investigates marine, pipeline, railway and aviation transportation occurrences. Its sole aim is the advancement of transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.

SOURCE: Transportation Safety Board of Canada

Transportation Safety Board of Canada
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