NEW GLASGOW, N.S. – RCMP in Nova Scotia have laid charges after two men leapt from a moving train they had snuck aboard instead of catching a cab.
Both men were taken to Aberdeen Hospital in New Glasgow early Wednesday with undetermined injuries, though one man was later transferred to hospital in Halifax.
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Police say the pair hopped on the train as it moved through New Glasgow and began picking up speed, unbeknownst to the conductor.
By the time the train reached their intended stop, police say it was going too fast for the men to safely jump.
They decided to leap from the train as it slowed while rounding a curve in the Pine Tree area, about eight kilometres from New Glasgow.
Police responded to the scene after one of the injured men called 911.
RCMP say two New Glasgow men, aged 20 and 25, have been charged with entering on railway line premises under the Protection of Property Act.
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