Via Rail train bound for Toronto hits vehicle in Chatham, 1 person critically injured
Posted March 31, 2019 5:21 pm.
Last Updated March 31, 2019 11:58 pm.
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A Via Rail train travelling from Windsor to Toronto has struck a vehicle in Chatham.
Chatham-Kent EMS says one person was transported to hospital with critical injuries.
Police have closed Keil Drive South for a serious collision. A railway crossing runs across Keil between Richmond Street and Park Avenue West.
Train 76 left Windsor at 1:45 p.m. and was supposed to arrive in Chatham at 2:30 p.m. Travellers waited up to five hours before the train started moving again. It was expected to arrive at Union around 10:15 p.m.
Another train that was heading to Windsor from Toronto was delayed two hours.
All the staff and passengers on the train are safe.
