Witnesses asked to come forward after man pinned under Calgary CTrain

Emergency crews respond to Centre Street and Seventh Avenue South after a pedestrian was hit by a CTrain on Thursday, May 21, 2026.

Calgary police say neither speed nor impairment are believed to be factors in an incident Thursday that left a pedestrian pinned under a downtown CTrain.

Police say a man in his 60s was walking south on Centre Street approaching Seventh Avenue South when he “entered the path of an oncoming train.”

“The train was moving through the intersection on a green signal,” police said in a Friday news release.

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Emergency crews were able to free the man from underneath the CTrain.

He was transported to hospital in life-threatening condition.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has additional information is asked to call police at 403-266-1234.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers.