Charges laid in Cobourg rail crossing incident

Written By Dan Jones

Cobourg Police station. By Cecilia Nasmith. Northumberland 89.7 FM

A Cobourg man is facing charges, after his vehicle was struck by a train last week.

Police responded to the D’Arcy Street rail crossing at approximately 5:30 AM Thursday.

The westbound train collided with the vehicle, sending the driver to hospital with minor injuries.

The unidentified man was charged with driving a motor vehicle with no permit and failing to stop at a railway crossing signal.

Dan Jones

Dan Jones is a veteran radio and web journalist with 18 years in the news business. He has reported on Indigenous issues in Northern and Western Canada. This former News Director has covered provincial legislative politics in the Yukon and Saskatchewan.

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