The B.C. Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 1 p.m., near Butler Road, about 50 minutes south of Williams Lake on the highway.
A pedestrian was killed and “numerous” people aboard a school bus were hurt in a pair of collisions in the same location along Highway 97 in the South Cariboo on Friday.
The B.C. Highway Patrol said the school bus had about 30 people aboard when it left the highway at Butler Road, just north of“Multiple air ambulances, BCEHS ground crews and several local fire departments responded to the scene,” Highway Patrol Cpl. Melissa Jongema said in a media release.Is bilingualism a ‘myth’? Poll shows divide between Quebec, other provincesPolice were unable to confirm if the pedestrian had been coming to the aid of the bus crash victims when they were hit.
BC Emergency Health Services said it deployed 11 ground ambulances and response units with primary and advanced care paramedics, along with seven air ambulances with critical care paramedics. School District 27 Superintendent Chris van der Mark told Global News the bus was carrying 100 Mile Elementary and Horse Lake Elementary students back from a field trip to Gavin Lake when it went off the road.
He said the district was contacting parents directly to arrange pickup of their children, and asked them not to drive to the crash site.Calling all birders! Amateurs asked to help spot 126 ‘lost’ bird species
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