Transportation Safety Board of Canada deploys a team of investigators to a marine accident off the coast of Washington State, USA

GATINEAU, QC, Sept. 29, 2012 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to Ucluelet, B.C to meet a Canadian fishing vessel involved in a collision with a U.S fishing vessel off the coast of Washington state, outside U.S territorial waters. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.

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

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