Runaway trains almost triple reported rate, CBC finds

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Runaway trains almost triple reported rate, CBC finds
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/runaway-trains-almost-triple-reported-rate-cbc-finds-1.2448494

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By John Nicol, Amber Hildebrandt, Dave Seglins, CBC News Posted: Dec 03, 2013 5:00 AM ET| Last Updated: Dec 03, 2013 10:22 PM ET

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After this summer’s Lac Megantic tragedy — in which 47 people died when a parked train that was insufficiently secured ran down a hill, derailing and exploding — there have been calls for increased scrutiny of rail safety, including in last week’s auditor general’s report.

Until now, TSB {Transportation Safety Board} annual reports from 2000 to 2012 only identified 158 runaways, counting an incident as a runaway only when it was the primary issue reported to safety inspectors.

But CBC News analyzed the complete TSB rail database of so-called incidents and accidents obtained through access-to-information and discovered that runaways have been involved in more than 300 other cases.

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1. That Jon Voight gets around, doesn't he.