Fifteen killed and 10 injured in Canada bus crash
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ifteen individuals have been killed when a bus carrying seniors to a on line casino collided with a semi-trailer truck at a freeway intersection in a rural a part of the Canadian province of Manitoba on Thursday.
Rob Hill, Commanding Officer of the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police, stated the bus was carrying 25 individuals. Ten individuals have been taken to hospitals.
RCMP Supt. Rob Lasson stated, “as of right now the drivers of both the bus and truck are alive and in hospital.”
He didn’t say in the event that they have been among the many 10 listed as injured. The lifeless have been primarily aged.
“The public is reeling and asking a lot of questions and people are trying to determine if their loved ones were involved,” Lasson stated. “Death on this scale is never normalised for us.”
The crash scene was in Carberry, a metropolis 170 kilometres (105 miles) west of Manitoba’s capital of Winnipeg.
“The news from Carberry, Manitoba is incredibly tragic,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted. “I’m sending my deepest condolences to those who lost loved ones today, and I’m keeping the injured in my thoughts.”
A household assist centre has been arrange at a Lutheran Church in Dauphin, Manitoba, for relations. Police stated the individuals on the bus have been from Dauphin and the areas round it.
Flags have been lowered to half-staff on the Manitoba legislature.
A spokesperson for the Sand Hills Casino in Carberry stated the van had been scheduled to reach there later within the day.