A man is dead after his vehicle was struck by a train in Alnwick-Haldimand Township south of Grafton early Monday morning (September 9).
At around 12:50 a.m., the Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call from CN police regarding a collision that had occurred on Station Road involving a passenger vehicle and a train.
Emergency medical services and the Township of Alnwick-Haldimand Fire Department also responded to the collision.
The sole occupant of the passenger vehicle, an adult man, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not released any information about the man’s identity.
Both Station Road and the railway line at the location of the collision were closed while the OPP conducted an investigation until around 6 a.m., followed by a CN police investigation until 12 p.m., when the railway line was reopened.
The police investigation is continuing with assistance from the Northumberland OPP Crime Unit.
