TSB deploys an investigator to the site of an accident where a pedestrian was struck by a VIA Rail passenger train in Beaconsfield, Quebec

DORVAL, QC, Aug. 21, 2014 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying an investigator to the site of an accident where a pedestrian was struck by VIA Rail passenger train 33 in Beaconsfield, Quebec. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.

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SOURCE: Transportation Safety Board of Canada

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