Woman dead, 8 injured in head-on crash involving bus in southern Alberta
Posted Jul 18, 2024 1:37 pm.
Last Updated Jul 18, 2024 7:16 pm.
A woman is dead and eight other people are hurt after a head-on crash involving an SUV and passenger bus on an Alberta highway.
Mounties in Crowsnest Pass say the crash happened on Highway 3 near Range Road 25 around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday evening.
Police say an SUV crossed the center lane of the highway and collided head-on with a passenger bus.
The driver of the SUV, a 44-year-old woman from Fernie, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say there were 27 passengers on the bus and eight were injured, including two who were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The highway was closed for several hours but has since reopened.
The investigation is ongoing.
Deadly 24 hours on Alberta highways
The crash near Crowsnest Pass was one part of a deadly 24 hours on Alberta highways — six people are dead after five crashes across the province.
The first crash happened Wednesday afternoon in Strathcona County followed by the SUV hitting the bus near Crowsnest.
There were fatal collisions in Blackfalds and Cold Lake on Wednesday night, and a fiery crash in the overnight hours in Slave Lake that left two truck drivers dead.
RCMP Corp. Gina Slaney was on duty for all the crashes and tells CityNews she’s never dealt with so many fatal crashes in such a short span of time.
