Questions of B.C. road conditions surround Christmas Eve bus crash blame
With four people dead and seven others still in hospital Tuesday , questions are swirling around who is to blame for the Christmas Eve coach bus crash along B.C.’s Okanagan Connector.
RCMP say an initial analysis of the scene and day shows the bus drove through rain and hail on both clear, wet roads as well as ice and snow covered ones, as the weather changed and sun set. It was at about 6:14 p.m., well after the sky had turned dark, that RCMP say the bus “encountered adverse road conditions” near Loon Lake, east of Merritt.
RCMP say the bus did have seat belts, but the majority of passengers were not wearing them. Passerby and local residents rushed to help the crash victims by offering them blankets and letting them warm up in cars, before emergency services arrived.
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