Transportation Safety Board of Canada deploys a team of investigators to derailment in Clair, Saskatchewan

WINNIPEG, Oct. 7 2014 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to the site of a derailment involving a Canadian National freight train near Clair, Saskatchewan, approximately 200 kilometres east of Saskatoon. The derailed cars were carrying dangerous goods and fires were reported. 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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