Two Dead, Others Injured, One Critical, in Tour Bus Crash in Southeastern BC
Posted on: Friday, 9 November 2007, 03:00 CST
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
GOLDEN, B.C. - A tour bus has crashed east of the Rogers Pass Summit in the mountains of southeastern B.C., killing two people and injuring several others.
RCMP say the vehicle was carrying 11 passengers and the driver when it left the Trans-Canada Highway and rolled down an embankment near the snowsheds, about 70 kilometres west of Golden, B.C.
The B.C. Highways Ministry reports fog and slippery road conditions in Glacier National Park early Thursday evening but a Parks Canada spokesman says the road was bare at the time of the crash.
Doreen McGillis, communications officer for Parks Canada, said one of the injured was reported in critical condition while other passengers suffered minor injuries.
David Chapman, a spokesman at the Kelowna RCMP dispatch centre, said RCMP investigators from Golden were at the crash scene well into the evening.
Travellers through Rogers Pass were faced with delays as police continued their work.
The owner of the bus and names of the deceased have not been disclosed.
The crash happened just two days after a Greyhound bus rolled over on an icy patch of highway in northwestern Alberta, killing three people.
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited the Golden area to announce the signing of a $2.2 billion transportation infrastructure agreement with British Columbia.
He used the massive new Kicking Horse Canyon bridge on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Golden as a backdrop for the event with B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell.
Under the program, the federal government will contribute $64.2 million for upgrades and improvements to a 26-kilometre stretch of the highway in the Golden region.
The highway hugs the mountainside, winding through picturesque passes, but with treacherous drops off the side of the roadway it has a reputation for taking lives.
Source: Canadian Press
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