Ottawa's deadly bus crash - Action News
Home WebMail Friday, November 22, 2024, 05:06 PM | Calgary | -11.1°C | Regions Advertise Login | Our platform is in maintenance mode. Some URLs may not be available. |
Ottawa

Ottawa's deadly bus crash

The latest stories, photos and video from the collision at a level rail crossing that left six people dead and injured dozens more.

A look at the Sept. 18 crash, the stories and issues to come from it

A police officer directs media at the scene of the deadly collision between a double-decker bus and a train in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. A final report into the crash prepared by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada is to be released Dec. 2, 2015. (Terry Pedwell/Canadian Press)

On Sept. 18 at 8:48 a.m. ET, anOC Transpodouble-decker bus travelling Route 76 north from Barrhaven to downtown Ottawa crossed a level rail crossing and struckVia Rail passenger train 51 travelling west.

In the resulting collisionthe front end of the bus sheared off,six people were killedand more than 30 people were injured.

It was an incident that shook the community of Barrhaven, the city of Ottawa and prompted a Transportation Safety Board investigation that is expected to take months to complete.

It also prompted questions about the condition of the bus and its driver and the state of rail safety and rail crossings across the country.

Here is a look at the news stories from the incident, in chronological order:

Sept. 18, 2013

Sept. 19, 2013

Sept. 20, 2013

Sept. 23, 2013

Sept. 24, 2013

Sept. 26, 2013