Fifteen people are dead and 10 others have been taken to hospital after a bus collided with a semi-truck on the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Man.
Manitoba RCMP said around 11:43 a.m. Thursday, officers received a report that a bus carrying approximately 25 people collided with a semi-truck at Highway 1 and Highway 5, near the Town of Carberry – a community two hours west of Winnipeg.
Manitoba RCMP Commanding Officer Rob Hill said as of Thursday evening, the crash has left 15 people dead, with 10 other people being taken to hospital with injuries. Hill said the people on the bus are from Dauphin and the surrounding area – most of them were seniors. Families anxiously await news on loved ones in the deadly Manitoba Trans-Canada Highway crash. A list of mass casualty bus and van crashes on Canadian highways
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“This is a day in Manitoba and across Canada that will be remembered as one of tragedy and incredible sadness,” Hill said.
A spokesperson for Sand Hills Casino in Carberry has confirmed the bus was en route to the casino.
‘It Was Horrible’: Residents Describe Scene Of Crash, Burning Vehicle
Tracy Leitch was driving along the Trans-Canada Highway around noon Thursday when she came upon the scene of the crash.
“Before we got up to the scene, we (had) seen a lot of smoke,” she said.
At the scene she said she saw a semi-truck with its front end crumpled and smoking, and the bus which she said was badly damaged. “There was nothing left of the vehicle,” she said, saying she has never seen a crash like this before. “I was almost in tears and almost had a panic attack. Like I just felt really sick to my stomach.” Nirmesh Vadera, who was working in the area around the time of the crash, said he saw a semi-truck and what he said appeared to be a passenger vehicle that was burning.
“I can’t describe it, because I’ve never saw this much flame and all the accident,” he said. “People were trying to save themselves and… medical staff, fire staff – they were helping them to get out. It is hard to describe, but it was horrible.”…
Source: winnipeg.ctvnews.ca
Saturday, April 18, 2026
