At least three people were killed and 14 others badly hurt after a snow coach crash on Sunday
Responders attend to a rolled-over icefield touring bus in Jasper National Park, Alta., in a handout photo taken on July 18, 2020.A lone RCMP truck with its lights flashing guarded the entrance to the road on Sunday where a snow coach crash killed at least three people and left 14 others badly hurt.
Authorities were still trying to puzzle out why the glacier sightseeing bus rolled at one of the most popular attractions in the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia Icefield, early on Saturday afternoon. “We watched the event unfold from the parking lot,” Kanty said in an e-mail. “We could see the dust and rocks still sliding down the mountain towards the tour bus already rolled over on its roof.”“That’s going to be part and parcel is the logistics to have that vehicle removed from the site itself,” Drinkwater said. “Whether it’s remotely, whether it’s examined on site is going to be in the hands of the Jasper detachment and the collision analyst.
Alberta Heath Services said 24 patients were taken to hospitals in Edmonton, Grande Prairie and Calgary, 14 of them with life-threatening injuries. AHS said four others were in serious but stable condition while the remaining six were listed as stable. The parkway leads from Jasper down to Lake Louise through Banff and Jasper national parks and is one of the most picturesque drives in Canada. Pursuit offers a Columbia Icefield Adventure, which it bills as a must-do experience for any resident or visitor in the Canadian Rockies.
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