ICYMI - 'It's still surreal': Three dead, 14 seriously injured after bus rollover in Alberta's Jasper Park
Bye, who’s from Calgary, and her husband had taken the icefield tour earlier in the day. Her husband pointed out the crash.
“It’s still surreal for all of us. We’re probably all still in shock as to what happened and that’s why it hasn’t hit that it could have been us.” “We’re at the infancy stage of the investigation and all steps are being taken to determine the cause of the rollover,” he said.Jeff McIntoshThe iconic red and white big-wheeled buses regularly take tourists up a rough rocky road onto the Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park.Article content continuedAlberta Heath Services said, of the 24 survivors, 14 had life-threatening head or pelvis injuries.
The Columbia Icefield is picturesque but remote, situated about an hour from Jasper on the Icefields Parkway, which runs between Banff and Jasper national parks. Cell service is spotty in the area.Article content continuedThe response to the accident involved 28 ground ambulances, fixed-wing air ambulances, and helicopters.Ground ambulances responded from Calgary, Jasper, Nordegg, Banff, Rocky Mountain House, Canmore, Hinton, Edmonton, and Sundre.
Hospitals in both Edmonton and Calgary were put on “Code Orange” alert so that they were prepared for the high number of patients. “To those who lost a loved one in yesterday’s bus crash at the Columbia Icefields, know that we are here for you and are keeping you in our thoughts,” Trudeau said. “We also wish a full recovery to those who were injured. And to the first responders, thank you for your quick action and hard work.”Article content continued
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