Calgary pedestrian dies following collision involving CTrain

Calgary police said Tuesday that a female pedestrian who was struck by a CTrain in the city’s southwest on Monday has died in hospital.

Police said the incident happened on July 27, shortly after 4 p.m., when the pedestrian walked into a prohibited area of the Shaganappi Point LRT Station, located on Bow Trail, just west of 26 Street Southwest.

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Investigators said that as the CTrain approached the station from the east, the woman walked onto the tracks.

The train operator activated the emergency brakes and the train’s horn, but was unable to stop the train before it struck her.

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Paramedics rushed the woman to hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.

Investigators said the speed of the train is not considered a factor, but impairment of the pedestrian is being investigated as a possible aggravating factor in the incident.

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