Boy struck by train at Mt. Pleasant bridge at Carstowe Road

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Scene looking southwest from corner of Mt. Pleasant and Carstowe Rd.

A boy has been struck by a CPR train on or near the tracks at the bridge over the Mt. Pleasant extension at  Carstowe Rd. about 3.30 a.m. Friday morning. Police say the victim was walking with friends near the bridge. The boy, 16, is in grave condition in hospital. The tracks through Rosedale are heavily fenced and in fact difficult to access by members of the public anywhere in the City.