Cause of fiery Calgary bus crash that killed 3 passengers, injured 16 under investigation - Global News
Police were working Friday to determine the cause of a fiery bus crash in Calgary that killed three passengers and injured 16 others, including a police officer who helped save a child.
Two transit buses and several other vehicles were involved in the chain-reaction crash just after 1 p.m. Thursday, along the 800 block of Saddletowne Circle N. E., a busy road in the city’s northeast. Police said one Calgary Transit bus first struck a truck, which then side-swiped an SUV and hit the back of a box truck. The bus then hit the back of a sedan, pushing the vehicle through the intersection. That car then hit a truck. The bus eventually hit the rear of another City of Calgary bus running on compressed natural gas. Story continues below advertisement
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