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One In Critical, Non-Life-Threatening Condition After School Bus Crash In B.C.

The Canadian Press, 28 Nov, 2018 12:41 PM
    CACHE CREEK, B.C. — A school bus carrying a high school girls' volleyball team has crashed on a highway in British Columbia's Interior, injuring several people including one with critical, but non-life-threatening injuries.
     
     
    Cpl. Mike Halskov with BC RCMP Traffic Services says the bus with two adults and 10 youth on board went off the road and into a ditch on Highway 97 near Cache Creek.
     
     
    B.C. Emergency Health Services says in a tweet that it responded to the crash just after 12 p.m. Tuesday and triaged 12 patients, with early indications that all were in stable condition.
     
     
    The agency says in a follow-up tweet that one critically injured patent was transported to hospital by air ambulance while seven others were taken via ground ambulance.
     
     
    A school district superintendent says the College Heights Secondary girls volleyball team from Prince George was involved in the crash.
     
     
    Marilyn Marquis-Forster says the team was headed to Powell River to compete in the BC High School Volleyball Championships.
     
     
    It's not clear what caused the single-vehicle crash.

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