Part of a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed in Toronto early Sunday, but police and railway officials said the incident posed no threat to public safety.
CP Rail said the incident occurred around 5:20 a.m. on Sunday, when a freight train with two locomotives struck another CP freight train.
Toronto police say no injuries were reported and no risk to public safety was posed by the collision.
A CP Rail spokesman says there were no dangerous goods on board the train which derailed.
Martin Cej says there was a small diesel leak after the collision but it was quickly contained and there is no environmental risk from the incident.
Cej says the collision was the result of human error.
The CP Rail police and Transportation Safety Board of Canada are investigating the collision.
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