The Greater Sudbury Police Service responded to a call of a pedestrian struck by a train at the CP yard on Elgin Street on April 30 at approximately 1:30 a.m. The 17-year-old male victim was transported to hospital where he is being treated for serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The Traffic Management Unit and CP Police continue to investigate the incident. Anyone with information that may assist this investigation is asked to call the Traffic Management Unit at 675-9171.
Monday marked the start of Railway Safety Week in Canada. Throughout the week, police officers will remind students, pedestrians, cyclists and motorists of the important message of staying safe around railway property, in particular at railway crossings.
In 2007, Transport Canada reported 209 crossing collisions across Canada, 27 fatalities and 21 serious injuries. There were also 100 trespasser incidents, including 57 fatalities and 25 serious injuries.
In addition to risk of death or serious injury, people who trespass on railway property or fail to yield the right-of-way to an approaching train at a crossing are subject to being charged federally under the Rail Safety Act.
