The scene of a crash that has closed a section of the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Man., is shown on Thursday, June 15, 2023. CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Lambert
RCMP say 15 people are dead and 10 are injured after a bus carrying seniors to a casino crashed with a semi truck on the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Man., on Thursday morning.
Here are the latest developments (all times CT):
10:30 a.m.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the flag will fly at half-mast on the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in honour of the Manitoba crash victims.
He says he can’t imagine what families are going through.
Trudeau also says it brings back terrible memories of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan in 2018 that left 16 dead and 13 injured.
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8:45 a.m.
Brad Michaleski, the legislature member for Dauphin, says it will be hard to find anybody in the western Manitoba community who isn’t directly affected by the deadly bus crash, or knows someone who is.
He says the city of 8,600 and surrounding region is a tight-knit community.
Michaleski says it’s a shocking tragedy and people are trying to get a handle on its magnitude.
Flags are also flying half-mast at city hall, and an electronic billboard downtown shows a lit candle with the words #dauphinstrong next to it.
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3:03 a.m.
The Manitoba government says on Twitter that all lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway near Highway 5 have reopened to traffic.
RCMP say it appears the bus was crossing the Trans-Canada, heading south on Highway 5, when it was struck Thursday morning.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 16, 2023.
