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NANAIMO – A locomotive with Southern Railway of Vancouver Island clipped a Honda Fit.
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Firefighters survey the remains of a 2008 Honda Fit that tangled with two southbound Southern Railway of Vancouver Island locomotives at the Waddington Road railway crossing Tuesday.

Firefighters survey the remains of a 2008 Honda Fit that tangled with two southbound Southern Railway of Vancouver Island locomotives at the Waddington Road railway crossing Tuesday.

The accident happened just after 4:30 p.m. when the car turned off Terminal Avenue and failed to stop at the crossing, police said.

The 47-year-old woman driving the car suffered extensive upper body bruising as the vehicle was battered and dragged about 20 metres down the track.

Police issued the driver a ticket for failing to yield at the crossing, which had working warning lights.



Chris Bush

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As a photographer/reporter with the Nanaimo News Bulletin since 1998.
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