CN Boss Praises P.G. Fire Department

By 250 News

The Senior Vice President of the Western Region for CN will be appearing before Prince George City Council on Monday September 17^th    to talk about the train collision and derailment of August 4^th.

In his letter to the City, V.J. Vena praises the City of Prince George Emergency response personnel “I especially want to thank you for the high quality of both the initial response and subsequent cooperation from your City’s Emergency Response personnel, notably your Fire Department.  Your Civic employees played a major role in the overall response to the incident and certainly showed the high standards to which they train and perform.”

Vena says he will speak to Council about the work CN is doing to “address safety concerns now being raised in your community.”  His letter goes on to say “All of us at CN are working hard to reduce the frequency and severity of accidents across the entire network, including the Prince George area.”

He will be appearing at the Monday meeting with CN’s General Manager in Prince George, Tom Bourgonje, and CN’s Regional Manager of Public and Government Affairs, Kelli  Svendsen.

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