Four killed, dozens injured in bus crash on icy Interior highway on Christmas Eve
There needs to be a way to instill in people the life-saving benefits of wearing seatbelts — beyond it being the law, says Kelowna RCMP spokesman Const. James Ward, who interviewed survivors of the B.C. bus crash that killed four and injured dozens on Christmas Eve.
Ward said the crash is not an isolated event and as such it may require police, the coroner’s office, commercial vehicle safety enforcement inspectors, and bus operators to review enforcement of seatbelt use and how it is or isn’t working. On Sept. 13, 2019, Emma Machado, 18, of Winnipeg, and John Geerdes, 18, from Iowa City, Iowa, were killed when the bus they were on went off the road, fell onto its side, and slid down an embankment. The two were part of a group of University of Victoria biology students going to Bamfield’s Marine Sciences Centre.
“A large fully loaded coach bus flipping on its side — the only thing missing was the slide down the ravine — fortunately for most of those passengers.”
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