Transportation Safety Board of Canada deploys an investigator to the site of a derailment near Provost, Alberta

GATINEAU, QC, April 28, 2013 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to the site of a derailment near Provost, Alberta. At approximately 4:00 Mountain Time, a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed an unknown number of cars containing potash. 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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