Three Crew Members Die in B.C. Grain Car Derailment, CP Rail Confirms

A spokeswoman with the railway said the crew members died when the westbound freight jumped the tracks at about 1 a.m. MT near Field, B.C. Salem Woodrow said in a statement on Feb. 4 that there will be a full investigation to determine what caused the derailment. Woodrow said a full investigation will take place to determine the cause of the derailment.

Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives are shunted around a marshalling yard in Calgary in a file photo. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press

FIELD, B.C.—Three crew members of a Canadian Pacific freight train have died in a derailment near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary.

A spokeswoman with the railway said the crew members died when the westbound freight jumped the tracks at about 1 a.m. MT near Field, B.C.