At least 15 dead in Canada highway collision
...a truck collided with a bus carrying senior citizens in a rural portion of Canada’s Manitoba province on Thursday afternoon, according to local authorities.
The bus was headed south on Highway 5 toward a casino near the town of Carberry, while the semitrailer was headed east on Highway 1, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Rob Lasson said in a news conference.
The semitrailer struck the bus at the intersection of the two highways north of Carberry, roughly 170 kilometers (105 miles) west of Winnipeg.
Remember the Humboldt Broncos crash from a few years ago? Sixteen players and staff were killed when a semi ran a flashing red light and struck the team bus. Canada is a land of wide open spaces and the roads through rural sections are straight as an arrow to maximize transport speed and they cross at right angles. "Bus headed south", "semi headed east" sounds like Humboldt redux. Today's crash map in Manitoba:
Manitoba has not seen a mass casualty traffic accident like this before, [RCMP ofcr Rob] Lasson told reporters.
“This is new for us and our investigators, and it is very emotionally draining for them as well,” he said.
A majority of those on the bus were seniors who lived in and around the city of Dauphin...
Below is a map and photo of the Humboldt crash site in Saskatchewan:
The below is from June 26, 2015:
Fiery Trans-Canada crash east of Winnipeg sends hundreds on detour
The Trans-Canada is Highway 1.
It does not appear from the CBC report and images that this crash occurred at an intersection:
Shortly before 8:30 p.m., the province confirmed in a statement eastbound lanes on Highway 1 were closed about five kilometres east of Highway 12.
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CBC videographer Travis Golby arrived in the area just after 9:30 p.m. He said it appeared as if a four-door SUV towing a trailer and a white pickup truck collided in the area.
This comes up in Google search, "intersection highway 1 and highway 5 carberry manitoba canada", the same roadways as today's crash.. I don't think the image goes with today's crash, but that is a semi and those are straight as hell highways.
