VIA Rail Canada - Derailment of a VIA train near Québec City - only minor injuries

Situation update

• VIA Rail Canada’s Train 15, which left Halifax on Wednesday February 24 at 12:30 pm (AT) en route to Montreal, derailed at 4:45 am (ET) on February 25, 2010 at Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 25 kilometres east of Québec City.
• There were 120 passengers and 10 crew members onboard.
• Seven people with minor injuries were transported to hospital. All have been released.
• There were 2 locomotives and 7 passengers cars on the train.
• All passengers were transferred by motorcoach to their final destinations.
• VIA activated a toll-free number for friends or family members looking for information on passengers travelling on the train: 1 877 747-0707.
• All other VIA trains are operating normally.

For more information, customers can call 1 888 VIA-RAIL (1 888 842-7245).

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