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Train locomotives derail near Revelstoke, B.C., two injured, cleanup underway

Feb 17, 2024 | 5:43 PM

REVELSTOKE, B.C. — Two railway crew members were sent to hospital after multiple locomotives derailed and sparked a fire east of Revelstoke, B.C.

Terry Cunha, a spokesman for Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway, says the incident occurred at around 10 p.m. Friday about 13 kilometres east of Revelstoke.

Cunha says four locomotives of a train derailed after making contact with the rear of another train stopped on the tracks.

He says the two crew members were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and that one person was released.