Lawsuits filed in aftermath of bus crash that killed and injured UVic students
Two UVic students were killed when a bus, on a university field trip, slid off the gravel road to Bamfield and went down an embankment.
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Two UVic students were killed when a bus, on a university field trip, slid off the gravel road to Bamfield and went down an embankment.
VICTORIA -- The BC Coroner's Service is shedding light on the deaths of two young University of Victoria students after the bus they were travelling in rolled over on its way to the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre in 2019. The crash took place on Sept. 13, 2019, during a school field trip to the west coast of Vancouver Island. Around 9 p.m., the bus was travelling along a 76-kilometre stretch of gravel road that is "narrow in many parts," according to the coroners service. The report adds that there is no lighting, curbs or road markings on the road. The bus is believed to have turned ...
Safety improvements have started on Bamfield Main, which was targeted for upgrades after a bus carrying UVic biology students on a field trip crashed in 2019, killing two teenagers. Huu-ay-aht . . .