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At the time of the crash, blowing snow persisted following a winter storm that had passed over the region in the previous two days. Winds were coming from the west at 51 kilometres per hour (32 mph; 28 kn), with gusts reaching up to 64 kilometres per hour (40 mph; 35 kn), and the temperature was about −8.6 °C (16.5 °F).
Canada's deadliest traffic accident occurred in Les Eboulements, Quebec, after a bus transporting a group of seniors suffered brake failure and careened down an embankment into a ravine, killing 43 on board including the driver. Fatigue and maintenance were found to be contributing factors in the crash. [1] Eastman bus crash: 4 August 1978
minivan Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada Two other passengers in the vehicle in which he was riding – professional wrestlers Pat Kelly (Victor Arko) and Dave McKigney – died in the same crash, caused when the car struck a moose on a highway and spun into a tree at over 80 km/h (50 mph). Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie: 1943 2016 73 years Ghanaian
Lake-effect snow, which began around midweek, brought a fresh few feet of snow to some Great Lakes communities on top of the snow that fell last weekend Arctic blast continues to bring lake-effect ...
The September 3, 1999, Ontario Highway 401 crash, was a multiple-vehicle collision that resulted from dense fog conditions on a section of Ontario Highway 401 between Windsor and Tilbury. There were 87 vehicles involved in the pile-up in both directions of the divided highway, killing eight people and injuring a further 45.
Jan. 11—A fatal crash during a Monday morning snowstorm on Interstate 40 east of Santa Rosa resulted in a vehicle pileup that affected dozens of drivers. After a westbound semitruck driver rear ...
The crash occurred around 12:30 p.m. local time near mile marke (Wisconsin DOT) Dozens of vehicles were involved in a pileup on Interstates-39/90 between Janesville and Beloit, Wisconsin, on ...
October 13 – Canada – Les Éboulements bus accident. In Quebec , 44 people were killed when a bus plunged into a ravine, the worst bus crash in Canadian history. November 6 – Cuba – A passenger train crashes into a bus in Holguín Province , killing at least 56 people.