VIA Rail service back on schedule after CN crash near Trenton

Train passengers travelling along the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal line are back on schedule according to VIA Rail.

The rail company says all service has returned to normal following a CN freight train collision with a compact car near Trenton, Wednesday.

Officials say the car seemed to have been parked on the tracks at the time of the incident. The male driver of the car was killed on impact.

The collision caused hundreds of VIA Rail passengers to experience delays.

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  First responders examine the scene of a freight train crash in Brighton, Ont. on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. (Tom Harris / CTV Toronto)

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  A damaged red car is hidden by tall grass after colliding with a CN freight train in Brighton, Ont. on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. (Tom Harris / CTV Toronto)

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  Passengers of a Via Rail train board a coach bus after a crash at a crossing in Brighton, Ont. on Wednesday morning, Aug. 6, 2014.