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 A Via Rail train derailed this morning on its way to The Pas.

The train crashed 37 kilometers north of Hudson Bay Saskatchewan on the Manitoba side of the border just after 3 this morning.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said two locomotives and a baggage car went off the tracks.

A spokesperson from Via Rail says two crew members and one passenger sustained minor injuries.

He says the train was travelling 50 kilometres an hour when reached a spot with washed out tracks.  

Everyone on the train is being taken to the Hudson Bay Health Centre.