A quick-thinking, off-duty RCMP officer is being credited with helping avert a tragedy in Saskatchewan by managing to stop a moving train.
Police said the officer was heading home after a night shift in Yorkton on the weekend when she spotted a vehicle that had crashed.
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The vehicle ended up on the railway tracks and when the officer approached to help, she heard a train lumbering toward the crash site.
RCMP said the officer grabbed her flashlight and started running toward the train to get it to stop.
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Her signalling worked and the train was able to brake just before it reached the crash.
The person inside the vehicle was taken to hospital for treatment.