BC Bus Crash Probe to Look at Earlier Incident Too, Amid Questions Over Icy Road

First responders look over the scene of a bus crash on Highway 97C Okanagan Connector between Merritt and Kelowna in this Dec. 24, 2022 handout photo. The Canadian Press/HO, Bill Gerber

British Columbia’s transportation minister says investigators looking into a bus crash that claimed four lives on the Okanagan Connector road on Christmas Eve are also considering another involving the same operator days earlier.

Minister Rob Fleming said Tuesday that maintenance contractors were plowing and salting the road, also known as Highway 97C, on the day of the deadly crash that also injured dozens.