Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with B.C. Highway Patrol says the evidence shows there was no criminality involved in the crash near Lac La Hache
100 MILE HOUSE — Police in B.C. say a June school bus crash followed by the death of a pedestrian was an accident triggered when the 60-year-old bus driver developed a medical problem.
Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with the RCMP highway patrol says the evidence shows there was no criminality in the crash near Lac La Hache in the B.C. Interior, in which many children on the bus were hurt.
He says the driver, who is still recovering from serious injuries, will not face charges.
McLaughlin says a Good Samaritan who stopped to help was struck and killed by an SUV, but there was nothing criminal about that either, as the driver couldn’t see around the bend on Highway 97 and attempts to avoid the 70-year-old man didn’t work.
He says there were no signs of impairment, carelessness, or distraction from the driver of the SUV, whiche was going below the speed limit.
The bus was filled with 31 elementary school students and four adults when it went off the highway into a ditch on June 21, resulting in injuries ranging from bruises to broken bones.