Provincial police in Oxford and Norfolk counties are investigating multiple reports of railway crossing equipment being damaged.

Police say the incidents took place between 10 p.m. Nov. 24 and 8:30 a.m. Nov. 25 when unknown suspects damaged equipment leaving railway cross arms inoperable.

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A person of interest was seen leaving the area on an all-terrain-vehicle, police said.

Railway crossings at Vienna Road in Tillsonburg, Spruce Street at Bell Mill Side Road and Plowman’s Line, near Highway 3 in Norfolk County were damaged, police said.

Tampering with and causing mischief to railway equipment could have tragic consequences, police said.

Anyone with information about the incidents is asked to contact the Oxford OPP at 1-888-3100-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8

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