A 17-year-old driver received non-life threatening injuries after the vehicle he was driving collided into a train at an uncontrolled intersection in the RM of Springfield.

On April 24, 2019, at approximately 4pm, Oakbank RCMP responded to a collision between a vehicle and a train at a location on Briercliff Road, less than half a kilometre south of PR213 in the RM of Springfield.

Police say that the driver and lone occupant of the vehicle, a 17-year-old male, was traveling north on Briercliff Road when he collided with the train at an uncontrolled intersection. The driver was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

RCMP report that alcohol or drugs do not appear to be factors in this incident.

RCMP along with Canadian Pacific Police Service continue to investigate.