WINNIPEG (CP) - There were some anxious moments in downtown Winnipeg on Wednesday after a FedEx van carrying samples of anthrax and other infectious agents was in an accident.
A hazardous materials team blocked off the area for about two hours as a precaution before determining the packages had not been damaged. "We're treating it basically as an accident," said emergency services spokesman Gordon Martin.
The van was going to the national virology lab, which conducts research and prepares for potential disease outbreaks, when it was broadsided by another vehicle.
