Cellphone, marijuana use preceded CPR train crash: report

Release Date 9 Oct, 2011 in Vancouver Sun

 
   

Cellphone, marijuana use preceded CPR train crash: report

Vancouver Sun - Larry Pynn - 9 Oct, 2011
The crew of a Canadian Pacific Railway train failed to obey a stop signal and crashed into another train near Golden after making "numerous" cellphone communications, the federal Transportation Safety Board ...

Train engineer distracted, drugged before derailment near Golden, BC

Winnipeg Free Press - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
A report from the Transportation Safety Board found the engineer of an eastbound train had traces of marijuana in his system after his freight overran a stop signal and rammed the side of a westbound train near Golden on March 3, 2010. ...

Cellphones and pot factors in CP Rail crash

CBC.ca - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
Beginning of Story Content A new report by the Transportation Safety Board says cellphones and marijuana use by CP Rail locomotive engineers may have contributed to a crash near Golden, BC, last year. More than 11000 litres of diesel fuel spilled and ...

Engineer tried to mask pot with water

The Province - Ethan Baron - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
Train cars and a locomotive are strewn along the tracks after two trains collided near Golden, BC, last year. One train's engineer overdosed on water, allegedly to dilute results from a post-accident drug ...

Cellphones, pot cited in B.C. train crash

Castanet.net - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
by The Canadian Press - Story: 65720 The company conducted a safety investigation after an eastbound freight train overran a stop signal and rammed the side of a westbound train on March 3, 2010 near Golden. No one was seriously hurt, ...

 

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