Friends and family say goodbye to B.C. teen killed in Christmas Eve bus crash
Family and friends filled a chapel in Surrey for a memorial service on Friday, Jan. 6, to say goodbye to the 18-year-old from the Lower Mainland community, who was killed in a Christmas Eve bus crash while she was trying to get home for the holidays.
Her grieving father, Ut Van Le, has released his last conversation with his daughter, a brief text exchange confirming she was on her way home to have Christmas with her family.She wanted to be with her family for Christmas, but when she couldn’t get a flight due to extreme weather conditions, that had forced the cancellation of almost all flights into Vancouver International Airport, Kathy ended up taking a bus on Christmas Eve.“I’m on the way. I will be late. REALLY late :),” Kathy messaged.
It was around 6 p.m., well after the sky had turned dark, that RCMP said the bus “encountered adverse road conditions.” It went off the road, crossed the median and flipped onto its passenger side.B.C. Christmas Eve bus crash victim leaves behind young family in India: cousin A Christmas statement by the head of the bus company, Alberta-based E-Bus, drew an angry reaction from the family.
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