On May 28, 1980, a bus carrying 30 Canadian Pacific Railway workers known as the 'Prairie Region Steel Gang', was returning home after work they were doing on the railway was cut short by rain.[3] At approximately 2:30pm on the TransCanada highway, just west of Webb, Saskatchewan, the bus was struck on its side by an oncoming car, causing the bus to flip on its side.[3] The bus was then hit from behind by a transport truck carrying liquid asphalt, setting off a fiery blaze.[3] Most of the passengers died instantly on scene with others dying either at the hospital or enroute.[3] Many of the charred bodies could only be identified by tattoos, clothing or physique.[4] Among the dead, 12 were Newfoundlanders, 9 Manitobans, and one from Ontario.[3] Of the 30 passengers on board the bus, only 8 would survive including the 2 occupants of the car and the driver of the truck.[4]
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rail, crew, crash, occurred, 1980, when, twenty, people, were, killed, after, school, they, were, travelling, side, swiped, oncoming, near, webb, saskatchewan, collision, remains, deadliest, traffic, accident, saskatchewan, history, crash, sitecrash, site, sas. The CP Rail crew bus crash occurred May 28 1980 when twenty two people were killed after the school bus they were travelling in was side swiped by an oncoming car near Webb Saskatchewan 1 The collision remains the deadliest traffic accident in Saskatchewan history 2 CP Rail crew bus crashCrash siteCrash site Saskatchewan DetailsDateMay 28 1980LocationWebb SaskatchewanStatisticsVehicles3 Bus Car Transport Truck Passengers30Deaths22Injured11 Contents 1 Accident 2 Aftermath 3 See also 4 ReferencesAccident editOn May 28 1980 a bus carrying 30 Canadian Pacific Railway workers known as the Prairie Region Steel Gang was returning home after work they were doing on the railway was cut short by rain 3 At approximately 2 30pm on the TransCanada highway just west of Webb Saskatchewan the bus was struck on its side by an oncoming car causing the bus to flip on its side 3 The bus was then hit from behind by a transport truck carrying liquid asphalt setting off a fiery blaze 3 Most of the passengers died instantly on scene with others dying either at the hospital or enroute 3 Many of the charred bodies could only be identified by tattoos clothing or physique 4 Among the dead 12 were Newfoundlanders 9 Manitobans and one from Ontario 3 Of the 30 passengers on board the bus only 8 would survive including the 2 occupants of the car and the driver of the truck 4 Aftermath editIn August 1980 a bronze memorial plaque honoring the 22 victims was unveiled in the town of Swift Current Saskatchewan approximately 22kms east of Webb Saskatchewan 3 See also editList of deadliest Canadian traffic accidents List of traffic collisions before 2000 References edit CP Rail Crew Bus Crash The Canadian Encyclopedia www thecanadianencyclopedia ca Retrieved 2023 09 26 Government of Canada Public Safety Canada 2018 12 21 Canadian Disaster Database cdd publicsafety gc ca Retrieved 2023 09 27 a b c d e f Pacholik Barb May 9 2018 From a steel gang to a hockey crew devastating bus crashes remembered leaderpost a b https www pressreader com canada regina leader post 20090418 282243776531389 Retrieved 2023 09 26 via PressReader a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title CP Rail crew bus crash amp oldid 1214710071, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
