VANCOUVER — A passenger bus carrying dozens of people has been involved in a crash on Highway 1 south of Chase, in B.C.'s Shuswap region.
The accident between the bus and a car happened about 4 p.m. Friday, at the start of a holiday long-weekend.
Alyshia Higgins with the B.C. Ambulance Service says there are 60 patients, with one in critical condition, and six ambulances and one air ambulance are responding to the scene.
A spokeswoman for Interior Health, Michaela Swann, says Royal Inland Hospital is on alert to recieve patients but they haven't initiated what they call a "code orange" yet.
The crash, which is the third to involve a tour bus in B.C.'s Interior in a year, has closed the highway in both directions.
The accident is reported to have happened in the area known as Hoffman's Bluff, a two-lane stretch of road that the provincial government announced earlier this year would be upgraded to four lanes to improve safety through the area.
Photo: Dennis Warner
