Coquihalla Highway Pileup Sends 29 to Hospital

Coquihalla Highway Pileup Sends 29 to Hospital
The Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia, Canada. (Google Maps); Winter on the Coquihalla Highway British Columbia -Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
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A major pileup along the Coquihalla Highway about 150 km northeast of Vancouver took place around 8 p.m. Sunday night sending 29 people to the hospital and over 130 to a warming centre. In heavy snow, a Greyhound bus, another passenger bus, two tractor-trailers, and two cars crashed, according Global News.

Eventually 36 ambulances were on scene along with two helicopters. Several area fire departments and the Chiliwack Search and Rescue workers were on scene, according to the Canadian Press. Seven patients were taken to hospital in serious condition, according to British Columbia Emergency Health Services.