Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area

1994, August 21 - Crossing collision at Jasper, CPR., Brockville sub., one fatality

Ottawa Citizen 22 August 1994 Smiths Falls woman killed in coliision A 73-year-old Smiths Falls woman was killed Sunday when her car collided with a VIA Rail passenger train near Smiths Falls. Kathleen Jeffrey was pronounced dead at the scene. Ontario Provincial Police say the accident happened at about 6 p.m. at a crossing on County Road 17 near Jasper, about 10 kilometres southeast of Smiths Falls. No one on the Toronto-bound train was injured. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident.

Return to Main Page of Railway Accidents

Updated 24 August 2020