Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area

1965, January 29 - Truck slides into train at Hull, no injuries.

From the Ottawa Citizen 29 January 1965 Truck slides, smacks train Leo Servant, 39, of 107 Des Oliviers St., Hull, escaped injury this morning when his heavy truck slid on the icy St. Redempteur Street pavement and was sideswiped at a level crossing by the Vancouver-Montreal CPR train. Police said the accident oc-cured at 10.15 a.m. while Servant approached the crossing from the south. He noticed the flashing lights and hit the brakes but the truck skidded into the train

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