Fifteen useless after bus and lorry collide in rural Canada

A bus carrying principally aged folks has collided with a lorry in a rural a part of the Canadian province of Manitoba, killing 15 folks and injuring 10 extra, police have mentioned.

Rob Hill, commanding officer of the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police, mentioned the bus was carrying 25 folks and authorities are deploying all their sources within the province to the scene.

Ten folks have been taken to hospitals.

Assistant Commissioner Hill advised a information convention that “sadly, this is a day in Manitoba and across Canada that will be remembered as one of tragedy and incredible sadness”.

TV broadcasters aired photographs of what seemed like a big van or bus smouldering in a ditch close to a transport truck with a smashed engine on a street.

The pavement was plagued by particles – damaged glass, a big bumper and what seemed like a strolling support.

Seven blue and yellow tarpaulins have been stretched out.

Ambulance helicopters have been dispatched to the scene from Winnipeg and Regina.

“The news from Carberry, Manitoba is incredibly tragic,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted.

“I’m sending my deepest condolences to those who lost loved ones today, and I’m keeping the injured in my thoughts. I cannot imagine the pain those affected are feeling – but Canadians are here for you.”

Carberry is 105 miles west of Manitoba’s capital of Winnipeg.

The crash introduced again reminiscences of the 2018 bus crash within the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan that killed 16 folks from the Humboldt Broncos minor league hockey crew.

The worst visitors accident in Canadian historical past occurred in 1997 when a bus carrying seniors plunged right into a ravine within the province of Quebec, killing 44 folks.