A CN Rail train derailed at approximately 6:45 a.m. Friday morning near Decker Lake Forest Products due to a collision with a loaded logging truck.
The collision occurred just off of the North Road near the sawmill.
There were no life threatening injuries, but the driver of the logging truck was taken to hospital as a precaution to get checked out.
Commercial vehicle safety enforcement was advised and approved the temporary re-routing of logging trucks along Hwy. 16 to get into the mill yard.
The crash and derailment saw the involvement of 22 intermodal cars and two locomotives, but not the entire train.
In the immediate aftermath of the collision the logging truck was leaking diesel fuel, but there are no issues regarding a hazardous materials spill due to the collision and subsequent derailment of the train.
The cause of the collision between the logging truck and the train is still unknown and is under investigation.
CN Rail’s regional manager for public and government affairs, Emily Hamer says that the clean up of the accident was completed Saturday morning, and that the tracks have re-opened and operations have resumed.