(The following story by Joana Draghici appeared on the Toronto Star website on January 11, 2010.)
TORONTO — A 42-year-old Hamilton man is dead after being pinned between two rail cars at a Ford Motor Company plant in Oakville on Monday.
Police said the accident occurred just after 5 p.m. in body shop number one where a railway runs through the Ford property, located along Hwy. 403 near the Ford Dr. exit.
The man, who was a brakeman conductor with Canadian National Railway, was assisting in coupling a stationary boxcar to a moving boxcar attached to a locomotive when he was pinned between the two CN cars, said Sgt. John Karcz from Halton police.
The rail cars are used to bring supplies in and out of the plant, he said.
The man was rushed to Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. He was later transferred to Hamilton General Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries just before 12:30 a.m. today.
An autopsy has been scheduled for later today.
The victim’s identity has not yet been released pending notification of his family, though Karcz said the man had been a full-time CN employee since 1990.
According to Karcz, Transportation Canada, the CN Railway police, the Ontario Ministry of Labour and Halton Regional Police will all be cooperating in the investigation into the incident.