Woman Dozes Off on Train Tracks, Escapes Injury as Train Screeches to Halt

An Ottawa Light Rail Transit (OLRT) train travels along the tracks in Ottawa on June 22, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

A Prince Albert, Sask., woman has narrowly escaped serious injury after falling asleep between a set of train tracks.

Deputy Fire Chief Alex Paul said it was a matter of inches between the bottom of the train engine and the woman as the train came screeching to a stop on top of her Thursday morning.