• 4 novembre 2008 12:17
  • - Affaires générales
  • - Avis aux médias
  • - Transport/camionnage/transport ferrovaire

Media Advisory - Mock Collision


    FREDERICTON, Nov. 4 /CNW/ - The NB Operation Lifesaver Steering Committee
will hold a Mock Collision on November 5, with a rain date on November 06 in
Harvey NB, near the main rail crossing on Route 3, next to Black's Pharmacy.
The start time is 1300 (1 p.m.).
    Participation is expected from the Harvey High School, grades 10, 11 and
12. Approximately 180 students, NB Southern Railway, RCMP, Saint John
Ambulance, local fire and ambulance personnel are expected to participate. The
mock collision is expected to last from 1300 to approximately 1345. A
debriefing will be held at the High School following the event from 1415 until
1505.



For further information: Media Contact: Robb Francis, Rail Safety
Officer, New Brunswick Department of Transportation, (506) 453-2802; Roger
Cameron,  Railway Association of Canada, (613) 564-8097, rogerc@railcan.ca