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TSB investigates train derailment near Lethbridge

By Caley Gibson Global News

Posted October 11, 2019 11:54 am

Updated November 3, 2022 12:18 pm

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Click to play video: 'TSB investigates train derailment near Lethbridge' — WATCH ABOVE: CP Rail continues to clean up a train derailment east of Lethbridge. Twenty-five cars went off the tracks and officials said they were carrying grain. Quinn Campbell reports – Oct 11, 2019

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed an investigator to the scene of a train derailment east of Lethbridge.

At about 2 a.m. Friday, a CP Rail freight train carrying grain derailed west of Barnwell, Alta., according to CP Rail.

About 25 bulk container cars came off the tracks near Range Road 18-1, according to the M.D. of Taber Regional Fire Service.

Range Road 18-1 north of Highway 3 was shut down to traffic Friday morning as crews worked to clean up the derailment. Westbound traffic on Highway 3 near Range Road 18-1 was reduced to one lane Friday morning.

Traffic is down to one lane both directions near Cranford along HWY 3 as crews work to clear a derailed train. You can see some grain in the ditch from one of the tipped cars #yql @GlobalLeth pic.twitter.com/uus6BuYEvb
— Quinn Campbell (@quinnLcampbell) October 11, 2019

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CP Rail said no one was injured and there are no public safety concerns.

The TSB said Friday morning it deployed an investigator to the site of the Canadian Pacific Railway train derailment. The investigator will “gather information and assess the occurrence,” a statement from the TSB said.