3 people hospitalized with minor injuries after 2 trains collide in Montreal
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The federal transportation safety board has launched an investigation after a collision involving two trains in Montreal's north end sent three people to hospital on Tuesday.
The federal transportation safety board has launched an investigation after a collision involving two trains in Montreal's north end sent three people to hospital on Tuesday.
A Canadian National (CN) train collided with an Exo commuter train that was stopped at the Saint-Leonard-Montreal-Nord station on the 15 Mascouche line, according to Jean-Maxime St-Hilaire, a spokesperson for Exo.
"It is too early to identify the cause of the incident," St-Hilaire wrote in an email to CTV News, adding that all trains on the Mascouche line were cancelled for the rest of the evening. Taxis and shuttle buses were called in to assist passengers who were on the train.
The CN train appears to have hit the other train head-on. The front ends of both trains could be seen pressed against each other on the same track Tuesday evening.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said it deployed a team to the scene to investigate the cause of the incident, but did not release any further details.
"Preliminary reports indicate that there are no major injuries or dangerous goods involved in the incident," reads a statement from a CN spokesperson.
