A Canadian Pacific locomotive engineer died last night in an accident at the company’s rail yard in Port Coquitlam, B.C.
This is the tenth member of the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference to die on the job in 24 months.
According to Teamsters the victim was a 56-year-old man with 32 years of service. Safety was a key issue during the recent strike. Teamsters says in a statement that government and industry as a whole need to work towards preventing senseless railway tragedies.
Due to a Transport Canada investigation, and out of respect for the victim’s family, the union will not be commenting further on the matter at this time.
