Edmonton, Nov. 30, 2005
Ashok Verma
NRI, Inderjit Singh Virk, 31, of Brampton,
Ont., is charged with dangerous driving causing
deadly bus crash north of Edmonton that killed
six people and 21 people were injured. He also
faces 21 counts of dangerous driving causing
bodily harm.
The bus driver had been trying to turn around
because the highway was blocked at the time
by another accident. As it tried to turn, it
became stuck on the soft shoulders of the road
and could not move. Some passengers had got
off the bus and standing nearby. The tractor-trailer
strck the bus and strike the people.
The driver was a woman in her 50s who had been
driving buses for about five years. The dead
men were William Carl Ingram, 53, John Daniel
Hernon, 54, and Steve Raymond Wallis, 42 all
from Edmonton, and 56-year-old Stephen Joseph
Batherson, from North Sydney, N.S. Hugh Kiernan,
65, of Edmonton and Andrezay Daszuta, 47, of
Edmonton.
RCMP are calling a complex investigation following
a seven-month investigation, charges in the
deadly Diversified bus crash near Edmonton were
laid against the truck driver involved in the
incident. We had to wait for lab results and
expert opinion,” he said.
In August, the investigative team ruled out
mechanical failure for both the bus and the
truck. They also found that impaired driving
was not a factor in the collision.
Opinions:
In addition, The RCMP had just left there.
Why didn't the dumbazz put out flares ? Instead,
he just returned to the accident scene about
a 1/2 Km ahead of the bus.
I've travelled the exact spot many times.
They had the driver handcuffed for his court
appreance in Edmonton until bail was paid.
The bus driver was a female who was intimidated
by 45 male passengers probably some of them
pissed coming home from Ft./ MacMurray on days
off.
They were tired of waiting and told her to
turn around. Why didn;t one of them walk back
towards the cress of the incline and flag down
traffic
I hope the driver gets off and it's time they
laid a charge against the bus driver for endangering
endangering lives of passengers......Pipeman
The account in Tuesday's paper tells to what
lengths the RCMP went to investigate the collision.
They got an engineering firm to determine how
fast the truck was going and at what time the
driver applied the brakes.
They consulted a doctor who is a "perception
specialist" to tell when he should've seen
and recognised the hazard ahead.
Thousands of pages of findings and statements
were given to the Crown Attorney to lay the
charges.
Yet, no charges are being laid against anyone
else.
How can the bus driver not be charged when:
(and I quote)
The back end of the bus became lodged on the
shoulder and in the grassy ditch.
The bus driver, who had a bout 6 years experience,
had not followed proper procedures, such as
placing reflective markers or flares on the
road after getting stuck.
Does this not sound like a case of:
HANG THE TRUCK DRIVER.
I hope he gets a good lawyer......Rob
Archer
