At Least 2 Dead, 3 Injured in Tour Bus Crash in Mountains of Southeastern BC

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 is reported in critical condition while other passengers have suffered minor injuries.

David Chapman, a spokesman at the Kelowna RCMP dispatch centre, says RCMP investigators from Golden are still at the crash scene.

Travellers through Rogers Pass can expect delays, as the Trans-Canada Highway is presently open to single-lane alternating traffic.

Names of the deceased are being withheld pending the notification of next of kin.

It’s not clear where the injured have been taken.