Editor’s Note: The original version of this story included the former name of the railway holding company. It has since been corrected. We apologize for the error.
A teenager has died after they were hit by a CPKC train in the northwest community of Bowness on Tuesday afternoon.
The Calgary Police Service said officers were called to a set of train tracks east of 85th Street Northwest near the bridge for reports that a teenager was struck by a train. The incident happened at around 1:20 p.m., police said.
Carol Henke from the Calgary Fire Department told Global News three teenagers were on the bridge over the Bow River when a train headed south toward downtown came along. The teenager was taken to hospital in critical condition.
A Global News reporter at the scene said there were dozens of emergency crews.
No further updates will be given because the matter is non-criminal, police said.