3 dead, at least 10 injured in Calgary transit bus fire
A multi-vehicle collision in Calgary, involving two transit buses, resulted in three fatalities and at least 16 injuries, with one bus catching fire. Police described it as a chain reaction crash, one of the largest collision scenes in the responding officer's career.
Why it matters
This is a significant local tragedy involving public transit and multiple casualties, impacting the community and raising questions about road safety and emergency response.
Three people are dead and at least 16 others were injured in a fiery collision involving eight vehicles, including two City of Calgary busses.
The mass casualty event that left 19 people dead or hurt happened just after 1 p.m. in the city’s northeast.
Staff Sgt. Andy Woodward with the Calgary Police Service said it was a chain reaction of crashes along the 800 block of Saddletowne Circle N.E.
“One of the buses was travelling along Saddletowne Circle, collided with a white vehicle, which then collided with a black vehicle and then it ended up colliding with the cube van,” Woodward said.
“(It) then carried on down and hit the bus that caught fire that was static at the bus stop. That bus then went across the road into two other vehicles.”
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