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B.C. bus crash: Speed likely not a factor; RCMP say they have video
Canada News
B.C. bus crash: Speed likely not a factor; RCMP say they have video
Video footage from a dashboard camera has allowed investigators in British Columbia to rule out speed as a potential factor in a bus crash on a mountain highway where dozens of tourists were injured as they were returning from a trip to the Rocky Mountains. The RCMP has yet to determine why the bus lost control Thursday afternoon on a section of the Coquihalla Highway, south of Merritt, sending the vehicle skidding across several lanes and rolling into a ditch, ejecting numerous passengers. Police have said 56 people, many of them from East Asia, were on the bus. Health officials said seven people remained in critical condition and six were in serious condition by mid-morning on Friday; of the 43 people treated by Interior Health, 11 others remained in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and 19 had been released, said health authority spokeswoman Michaela Swan.
Sgt. Brian Nightingale said dash-cam footage captured by a tractor-trailer travelling behind the bus indicated speed was likely not a factor, leaving human error or mechanical failure as possible causes.
The Canadian Press reports
RCMP said in a news release that the highway was dry at the time of the crash and visibility was not an issue. The release said passengers on the bus were from Canada, the United States and China, but they did not have a detailed breakdown of the passengers' nationalities. The passengers were on a tour organized by Super Vacation, a company based in Richmond, B.C., which describes itself as the largest Chinese tour operator in North America. The company has said the bus was returning to Vancouver from a trip to the Rocky Mountains and was travelling between Kamloops and Vancouver when it rolled over.
... The driver drove into the centre median and then veered too hard trying to get onto the road. We're doing mechanical (inspections) today on the bus, so that will rule out any kind of mechanical factors, like steering and braking and that kind of stuff.
RCMP Sgt. Brian Nightingale