Mayday

Season 3, Episode 10

Episode Title: Head On Collision

Air Date: 2005-11-16

Overview:

On 8 February 1986, a Via Rail passenger train and a 118-car Canadian National Railway freight train collide, killing 23 people. The freight train crew did not stop at a red railway signal on a section of a passing loop, possibly because they were asleep. Note: This is a Crash Scene Investigation episode.