Date: 27/06/2013

An official with Canadian Pacific has said the massive flooding experienced in Calgary was behind a bridge failure that caused six train cars to derail over the Bow River early Thursday morning. Mark Seland, a spokesperson with CP, said the sudden influx of water caused one of the bridge’s four piers to scour, which then caused the bridge to sag.

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An official with Canadian Pacific has said the massive flooding experienced in Calgary was behind a bridge failure that caused six train cars to derail over the Bow River early Thursday morning.