CN train collides with truck on North Van railroad crossing

CN Police are investigating after a CN tanker train hit a truck on an uncontrolled railroad track crossing in North Vancouver Thursday.

The collision happened around 4:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of Barrow Street, just west of Mountain Highway.

The tanker train – used to carry chlorine and other chemicals manufactured at ChemTrade Electrochem Inc’s North Vancouver plant – was heading east at the time, travelling at a slow speed on the tracks, when it collided with a 2016 Nissan truck that was attempting to leave a business parking lot, according to the North Vancouver RCMP.

It was not clear whether the train was carrying chemicals at the

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