Dozens of cows are dead after a train smashed into a tractor-trailer near Carberry, Man., last night.
The accident happened around 11 p.m. at a controlled train crossing 10 kilometre north of Carberry, where Highway 5 intersects with the Canadian National Railway main line.
RCMP said thick fog was a factor in the accident, which killed most of the 82 cattle on the truck. The driver of the truck is in a Winnipeg hospital with non-critical injuries. Two train cars derailed in the accident.
A cattle dealer from the area has been contracted to round up animals that may have survived the accident and wandered away from the scene.
Cpl. Jerrid St. Pierre of the RCMP detachment wasn’t sure how many animals could be loose.
Crews were still cleaning up the site of the accident this afternoon, but St. Pierre said Highway 5 remains open to traffic.
