15 Dead After Crash Between Semi and Bus Carrying Seniors in Manitoba

15 Dead After Crash Between Semi and Bus Carrying Seniors in Manitoba
Smoke comes out of a car following a road accident that left 15 dead near Carberry, west of Winnipeg, on June 15, 2023. Nirmesh Vadera/AFP via Getty Images
Marnie Cathcart
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Fifteen people are dead and 10 have been taken to hospital with various injuries, after a semi-trailer struck a bus carrying approximately 25 seniors from Dauphin, Manitoba, and surrounding areas on June 15.

RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rob Hill said at a news conference at 5 p.m. local time that the mass casualty event took place at approximately 11:45 a.m. earlier that day near Carberry, about 170 km west of Winnipeg. The drivers of both vehicles survived the crash and are being treated in hospital.