RELATED VIDEO: A pedestrian was killed and several people aboard a school bus were hurt in a pair of collisions in the same location along Highway 97 in the South Cariboo on Friday. Troy Charles reports from 100 Mile Elementary where some of the students went to school.involving a school bus full of children and some adults on Highway 97 in B.C.’s Cariboo region Friday afternoon has resulted in dozens of injuries.
The school group was returning from an overnight field trip at Gavin Lake when the bus went off the highway down an embankment. There were 31 students and four adults on the bus.According to B.C. Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 1 p.m. June 21 just north of Lac La Hache — about an hour north of 100 Mile House.Cariboo Regional District Fire Chief Roger Hollander said when firefighters arrived at the scene, several students were outside of the bus.
In all, 36 people were treated for injuries, with seven being airlifted to hospital and another seven taken by ambulance.Surveillance captures man wandering Surrey neighbourhood on night Tori Dunn killedGlobal News spoke with other students in the 100 Mile House area on Saturday, who said some of those injured have multiple broken bones.
Hollander said a volunteer firefighter’s child was one of those injured in the crash and had to be airlifted. The volunteer firefighter was part of the emergency response and was united with the child at the scene before the airlift to hospital.
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