RCMP at Burns Lake have been kept busy recently attending to incidents involving moving trains.
On April 26 police were called by CN police about a group of youth standing on Highway 35 over pass and throwing rocks down on the moving train. The danger is that if a rock breaks a window on the engine, it could cause considerable harm to the train operator, said Staff Sergeant Mike Kisters in a recent news release.
On May 1 police attended an injury accident caused when a 33-year-old man walked into the side of a moving train going about 60 kph through town. The man was first taken to Burns Lake hospital to be stabilized before being transported to the Prince George hospital. He received cuts to the face and upper body along with blunt force trauma to his head, chest, spine and arm as a result of hitting the side of the train. Alcohol appears to be the major contributor to the incident, said Kisters.
On the same day police received a report that a 39-year-old man said he was going to harm himself by jumping off the Highway 35 over pass onto an oncoming train. The man was located, given protective custody and then taken for a medical examination.
April 30 brought a rather unusual incident when police were called to the KDI lumber mill on Moe Road due to deliberate damage of equipment. Investigation showed the damage appears to be caused by the operator himself who caused a large metal collar to fall into the rotating assembly, resulting in excess of $100,000 damage.
The 23-year-old man is charged with mischief to property over $5,000 and endangering lives. .
btrick@pgcitizen.ca
