Semi Had Right of Way in Horrific Manitoba Crash: RCMP

Semi Had Right of Way in Horrific Manitoba Crash: RCMP
Flowers are seen on the side of the road where the Trans-Canada Highway intersects with Hwy 5 near Carberry, Man., on June 16, 2023, where a semi and a bus collided on June 15. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
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The horrific crash in Manitoba that left 15 people dead happened when a passenger bus drove into the path of an oncoming semi truck on the Trans-Canada highway.

“We have obtained video footage of the collision that was seized from the semi truck trailer,” said RCMP Superintendent Rob Lasson. “This video indicates that the bus entered the roadway where the semi trailer truck had the right of way,” Lasson told a news conference the afternoon of June 16.

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