LLOYDMINSTER, Alta. – Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a train pulling tanker cars to derail in Lloydminster.
Canadian Pacific spokesman Ed Greenberg says a locomotive and seven cars carrying oil left the tracks Friday afternoon in the city that straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary.
Greenberg says the train was moving out of a rail yard at the time and wasn’t on the main line.
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RCMP in Lloydminster say nothing spilled from the cars and no evacuations were necessary.
Some diesel spilled from the locomotive but police say it was contained.
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Greenberg says no one was injured and the public was never at risk.
“A full investigation is being conducted to determine what took place – not just the cause, but the circumstances that led to the cause,” Greenberg said Saturday.
RCMP say the investigation is being turned over to CP police.
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