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A look back at other mass casualty bus and van crashes on Canadian highways

Fifteen people are dead after a crash between a semi-trailer truck and a bus headed to a casino in the southwestern Manitoba town of Carberry. Here's a list of some other serious crashes involving buses and large vehicles on Canadian roads.

Crashes across Canada led to the deaths and injuries of hockey players, toddlers, seniors and migrant workers

Nicole Thompson · The Canadian Press ·
A police officer is shown looking down at walkers on the road following a collision.
RCMP say the complex investigation into the deadly crash near Carberry, Man., on Thursday is still in its early stages and all the answers aren't immediately available. (Travis Golby/CBC)

RCMP say 15 people died and 10 others were taken to hospital on Thursday after a bus collided with a semi-trailer truck near Carberry, Man.

Little information was immediately available about those who died, but RCMP said they believe many of the people on the bus were seniors.

Here's a list of some other serious crashes involving buses and large vehicles on Canadian roads.

Dec. 24, 2022: Four dead and dozens injured near Merritt, B.C.

A bus travelling from Kelowna, B.C., to Vancouver on Christmas Eve rolled over on Highway 97C, known as the Okanagan Connector, leaving four people dead and eight others hospitalized.

Police have said they suspect extremely icy road conditions played a role in the crash.

A pickup truck with a flashing leftward arrow parked on a snowy highway. A sign next to it reads 'ACCIDENT SCENE'. Orange traffic cones are visible.
A major crash on the Okanagan Connector, or B.C. Highway 97C, in December sent 53 people to hospital. Four people died. (Jay Bertagnolli/CBC)

April 6, 2018: 16 dead and 13 injured near Tisdale, Sask.

A semi-trailer truck ran through a stop sign at a crossroads near the town, hitting the coach bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team.

Sixteen people on the bus were killed: 10 players, the team's coach, an assistant coach, a trainer, a radio play-by-play announcer, a statistician and the bus driver.

A memorial area is seen on a winterd ay. Crosses, jerseys, flowers and other mementos are seen on the ground.
A crash claimed the lives of 16 people and injured 13 on the Humboldt Broncos' bus on April 6, 2018, near Tisdale, Sask. (Karen Pauls/CBC)

The truck driver pled guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm.

Feb. 6, 2012: 11 dead and five injured in Hampstead, Ont.

A van carrying 13 migrant workers from South America ran a stop sign before it was broadsided by a truck in a rural community northeast of Stratford, Ont., in 2012.

Eleven people died as a result of the crash. Two of the workers survived, as did all three people in the flatbed truck.

A crushed bus is seen on its side at night with a police officer bending over beside it.
A fatal motor vehicle accident near Hampstead, Ont., in 2012 claimed the lives of 11 people. (Dave Chidley/The Canadian Press)

Jan. 12, 2008: Eight dead near Bathurst, N.B.

A van carrying members of the Bathurst High School basketball team crossed the centre line on an icy highway and collided with an oncoming transport truck.

Seven team members and a teacher who was also the coach's wife were killed.

March 16, 2000: Eight dead in St-Jean-Baptiste-de-Nicolet, Que.

Eight toddlers died after the driver of a daycare minivan lost control of her vehicle and crashed into another van.

The woman, whose son was among the dead, had been on her way to a pickup point where a bus would take 10 children to a sugar shack.

People look at flowers and notes at a makeshift memorial
People look at flowers and notes at a makeshift memorial where eight toddlers died and three more were injured in St. Jean-Baptiste-de-Nicolet, Que., on March 16, 2000. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)

A police report found some of the children were not wearing seatbelts properly, but prosecutors opted not to lay charges, saying the crash itself was not a result of negligence.

Oct. 13, 1997: 44 dead in Les Eboulements, Que.

A bus carrying members of a seniors club missed a hairpin turn at the foot of a steep hill and crashed into a ravine in Les Eboulements, Que., about 110 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.

Forty-three seniors and the driver died.

A severely damaged bus is seen on its side after it plunged into a ravine.
The bus crash in Les Eboulements, Que., in 1997 was among Canada's deadliest accidents in the last 150 years, killing 44 people. (Jacques Boissinot/The Associated Press)
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