| Comments | On September 3rd at 1:50am (local), a VIA rail passenger train derailed near Biggar, SK. Of the 2 locomotives and 19 cars, all but 6 derailed. Because of the time of day, most of the passengers and on-train service employees were asleep. Of the 198 individuals on board, 1 was fatally injured, 13 were seriously injured and 65 had minor injuries. |