MEXICO CITY—A passenger bus lost control and veered off a road and into a 75-foot-deep (25 meter-deep) gully in southern Mexico early Wednesday, killing at least 29 passengers, officials said. The crash occurred in the largely indigenous Mixteca region of the southern state of Oaxaca. The state’s interior secretary, Jesús Romero, said 27 people had…
‘We Will Navigate This Together:’ Funerals Begin for Seniors Killed in Bus Crash
After months of recovery from an accident, Donna Showdra was excited to venture on her first small trip doing something she loved — spending a day at the casino. Showdra, 79, was among the seniors on a minibus from western Manitoba travelling to the Sand Hills Casino on June 15 when it went into the…
Charity Thanks Victims’ Families for Food, Clothing After Deadly Manitoba Bus Crash
The legacies of some of the 16 seniors killed in a bus crash are living on in a western Manitoba community, as their clothing and leftover food are donated to those in need. “It’s a huge benefit from the loss that has happened to the help that it brings other people,” said Wayne Olson, a…
‘Gone in an Instant:’ Manitoba RCMP Release Names of 16 Seniors Killed in Bus Crash
RCMP have released the names of 16 seniors who died after a minibus was struck by a semi-truck west of Winnipeg. One by one, officers and family members placed large photos of the victims, who ranged in age from 68 to 88, at the front of a news conference Thursday in Dauphin, Man. The bus…
‘There’s Just Sorrow:’ Bus Driver Says Rides Must Continue in Wake of Deadly Crash
Doug Westhouse sits straight behind the wheel of a 12-passenger bus driving along a rural Manitoba highway waiting for the next call for a ride. The coordinator and driver for Grand Plains Handivan in Greenview, Man., slows the hefty vehicle down as an oncoming semi-trailer truck passes by on Highway 5. He says he’s been…
Manitoba City Discusses Options, Possible Memorial to Honour 15 Killed in Bus Crash
A western Manitoba community is grappling with how to honour 15seniors killed in a fiery bus crash last week. Dauphin city council held an in-camera meeting Monday to discuss how it should respond to the collective grief and whether there should be a public memorial or vigil. Dauphin’s ministerial association is also set to gather…
Manitoba Conducts Internal Review of Safety, Investigators Interview Survivors of Deadly Bus Crash
The province of Manitoba is doing an internal review of safety around the intersection where a deadly bus crash killed 15 people June 15. “What I will say is that after any accident or incident on our highways, there is an internal review that takes place. So that review is taking place right now,” Manitoba…
‘We Know What’s at Stake’: Manitoba Minibus Drivers Say Safety Paramount for Seniors
For seniors in communities across Manitoba, minibuses or handivans are essential means of travel. “Without the use of the handivan as a service, there isn’t much else for seniors who are in wheelchairs or walkers to be able to move around,” said Justin Cicholski, manager of a non-profit handivan service in Neepawa, Man., a town…
RCMP Say No Critical Injuries in Crash of Bus With 30 Aboard Near Prince George, BC
Mounties say no critical injuries have been reported among 30 people on a charter bus that crashed on a forest service road north of Prince George, B.C. RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Cooper said Friday that numerous ambulances and police officers have been dispatched to the site. “It took us some time to get out there because…
Manitoba RCMP, Community Leaders Look to Saskatchewan After Deadly Crash
The mayor of Dauphin, Man., and a city councillor in Humboldt, Sask., are members of a club that no one wants to belong to: community leaders responding to unimaginable and unexpected tragedies. Fifteen people were killed and 10 more were sent to hospital Thursday after a firey crash between a bus full of seniors en…
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