RCMP say 15 people are dead after a bus collided with a semi truck. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Nirmesh Vadera)

By The Canadian Press

Horrible Situation

RCMP say 15 dead after bus carrying seniors collides with semi truck Manitoba

Jun 15, 2023 | 6:13 PM

R-C-M-P say 15 people are dead and 10 are in hospital after a bus carrying people from Dauphin, Manitoba — many of them seniors, collided with a semi truck.

Assistant Commissioner Rob Hill, the commanding officer of Manitoba’s R-C-M-P, says the crash happened at the intersection of highways 1 and 5 near Carberry, about two hours south of Dauphin.

He told a news conference today that “sadly, this is a day in Manitoba and across Canada that will be remembered as one of tragedy and incredible sadness.”

A family support centre has been set up in the basement of the Lutheran Church in Dauphin for relatives.

Police say the drivers of the truck and the bus survived.

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Kim Armstrong, the administrator of the Dauphin senior centre, says the bus left from there this morning.

She says the senior community is extremely tight knit in the city of around 8,600 people and the centre is sometimes like a second home.

Armstrong says seniors and community members often go on trips on buses to nearby events or casinos.

A damaged semi truck could be seen on the side of the road and the burnt-out bus in a ditch along Highway 1, which is the Trans-Canada.

The pavement was littered with debris — broken glass, a large bumper and what looked like a walker.

Seven blue and yellow tarps were stretched out.