A freight train collided with a semi-truck at the entrance to Thornton Yard. (Photo: Shane Mackichan)

A freight train collided with a semi-truck at the entrance to Thornton Yard. (Photo: Shane Mackichan)

VIDEO: Driver unhurt in Surrey collision between train, semi-truck

'Slow-speed' crash happened Wednesday afternoon at 138 Street and 116th Avenue

  • Jan. 10, 2018 12:00 a.m.

SURREY — A driver of a semi-truck was shaken but not hurt after the truck he was driving was involved in a collision with a freight train late Wednesday afternoon in Surrey.

The collision happened around 4:20 p.m., at the entrance to Thornton Yard at 138 Street and 116th Avenue.

CN Public Affairs Manager Kate Fenske said the locomotive was travelling east at a slow speed when it struck the semi-truck during a “yard movement.”

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Surrey Battalion Chief Brian Carmichael said the collision was minor.

“It was a slow speed, very, very minor collision and no injuries,” he said.

Surrey RCMP, fire crews and CN Police were at the scene.

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