Sunday, May 07, 2006

Prince Albert Northern bus crashes near Borden


a PA northern bus crashed on its way to edmonton from saskatoon today. the driver tried to call in sick this morning but the company denied his request. just outside borden the driver began having an epileptic seizure and crashed into the guard rail of the borden bridge which crosses the north saskatchewan river. all the passengers on board, which were mostly children had to exit the bus through the windows emergency exits. the bus also sprung a leak from its diesel tank and some how some of the passengers were exposed to battery acid which disentegrated their clothes. im not sure what time this happened, as it hasn't even been posted on any news source yet. stephen glauser has confirmed this story from a friend of his that was on the bus when it crashed and from a source of his at the CBC news room. if anyone has any more information you can forward it to stephen glauser or to myself. i am particulary interested in this because i work for STC, and know a couple drivers from PA northern.

UPDATE

CTV.CA has an article about this on their website. CTV has less information that stephen glauser has though.
Canada.com has another link with info on the crash.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

i HATE Prince albert northern

shann
aka passenger on the buss

22 October, 2006 18:39  
Blogger Ross said...

yeah i can imagine how you wouldn't like traveling by bus now. i heard a rumour shortly after this accident that the driver didn't feel well that morning and tried to call in sick but his dispatcher wouldn't let him take the day off. if that is true, the dispatcher should share some of the responsibility for the crash.

23 October, 2006 05:48  

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