TSB investigating after trains collide in Montreal injuring 7
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Urgences-santé confirmed it responded to the scene and attended to seven people, three of whom were transported to hospital, including two men in their 50s and one in his 20s.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed a team of investigators to Montreal after reports Tuesday evening of two trains colliding.
A spokesperson for the TSB, told Global News it was notified of the incident in Montreal’s Saint-Léonard borough at around 6:3o p.m.
The collision, according to the TSB, involved a CN train and an exo passenger train.
In an email to Global News, exo says its train was stopped at the Saint-Léonard-Montréal-Nord station on the Mascouche line when it was hit by the CN train.
Spokesperson Jean Maxime St-Hilaire said passengers and staff were attended to by emergency responders.
Urgences-santé confirmed it responded to the scene and treated seven people, three of whom were transported to hospital, including two men in their 50s and one in his 20s.
Urgences-santé spokesperson Julie Gaulin said the victims suffered minor injuries.
“We don’t fear for their lives,” she said.