Morrisburg derailment under investigation

A westbound freight train derailed at Morrisburg around 2:20 p.m. Tuesday.

GATINEAU, QC, March 2 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed a team to today's derailment in Morrisburg, Ontario. TSB senior Rail investigator Tom Griffith is the Investigator-in-Charge and is leading the team. He is accompanied by four TSB investigators.

On 02, March, 2010, at approximately 14:20 local time, a freight train was involved in an accident.

The TSB is an independent agency that investigates marine, pipeline, railway and aviation transportation occurrences. Its sole aim is the advancement of transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.