Five arrested after Kingston-area chase ends in train collision

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BATH — Five men are in custody after the vehicle they were in struck a Kingston police cruiser and then, after a chase by provincial police, was hit by a passenger train near Bath Thursday afternoon.

After hitting the cruiser, the suspect vehicle headed to Highway 401, taking the westbound lane. Loyalist OPP officers spotted the vehicle, and saw it exit at County Road 6 and head south.

When it turned off the highway, two passengers jumped out and fled on foot. They were quickly arrested.

The southbound vehicle then turned east onto the railway trains near County Road 7 and McIntyre Road, north of Bath, just west of Kingston.

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Crews clean up after a fugitive car was sideswiped by a Via Rail train after it was abandoned at the side of tracks near Bath, Ont. There were no injuries, five men have been arrested.


The suspects left the car and were then collared by police.

The now-empty vehicle was parked on the shoulder of the railway tracks and it was sideswiped by Via Rail train 64, which was heading to the Kingston, then on to Montreal.

County Road 7, about six kilometres north of the village of Bath, was closed to traffic for several hours after the collision.

Passenger Carrie Schipper said her train, travelling from Toronto, stopped at about 2 p.m. at the crossing between McIntyre and Ham roads in Loyalist Township.

“All of a sudden to the left side of me, facing north going east, there were at least eight police officers and I saw a couple with rifles,” Schipper said.

Via officials told passengers they were hit by a car, although Schippper said she didn’t notice.

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Police examine the wreckage of a fugitive car after it was sideswiped by a Via Rail train Thursday. There were no injuries, five men have been arrested.


“I did witness about four of five OPP officers surrounding one individual. I assume he was a suspect,” she said. “He was dressed all in black.

“We were told by Via Rail that there were several suspects, I also eyeballed a car in the ditch right beside the train it was turned over.”

Officials also told the passengers there were no fatalities, Schipper said.


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They were then told the train would be stuck there for at least two hours while police investigated the scene.

“We were told they were arrested and they have to clear the tracks,” she said.

The five suspects were handed over to Kingston police.

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