"The guy seemed to wake up and he got up, grabbed his beer and headed on his way," said RCMP Sgt. Dave Dubnyk. Unbelievably, he avoided major injuries. "He's of fairly slight stature and the train went completely over top of him. Amazingly, I don't know how you wouldn't wake up even being that passed out drunk, how you wouldn't wake up from that train rumbling over top of you with the brakes screeching."

Canadian Pacific police are investigating and no charges have been laid against the man. "There's been tragic stories in the past of people passing out on railway tracks and they lose limbs or their lives," said Dubnyk. "I've never seen the likes of it. Until this, I wouldn't have known that a person could actually fit under (there) especially the engine of the train. They look like there's very minimal clearance."
CP spokesman Kevin Hrysak said the conductor tried to alert the man by "every means possible." Crews will have access to counselling. "These types of incidents can have an extremely profound effect on the train crews," he said. They are the first on scene and see the effect of collisions. "Thankfully this didn't result in more serious or fatal injuries," said Hrysak.
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