Manitoba officials set to address public on Monday regarding mass casualty bus crash | 24CA News
Supt. Rob Lasson from the Manitoba RCMP main crimes unit, Premier Heather Stefanson and Lanette Siragusa, CEO of Shared Health are set to carry a press convention at 12 p.m. on Monday to offer an replace on the tragic bus crash that occurred Thursday morning and resulted in 15 casualties.
The final identified replace from Shared Health mentioned 10 victims had been nonetheless within the hospital as of Sunday morning with six in vital care.
The RCMP has launched an investigation into what triggered the crash. RCMP Sup. Rob Lasson mentioned the bus and truck have been seized for additional evaluation, however which celebration is liable for the accident stays unclear.
The final replace given by the RCMP was that dashcam footage seized from the transport automobile confirmed the truck that collided with the bus of seniors had the suitable of manner when a minibus pulled into the intersection.
“We are not assigning culpability or laying blame at this time,” Lasson informed reporters Friday afternoon, however mentioned witness accounts corroborate the dashcam footage.
While all victims within the hospital have been recognized and their households notified, figuring out deceased victims is “impossible” as a result of all of them sustained vital trauma to their faces, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. John Ok. Younes mentioned.
Forensics groups should depend on fingerprints, dental information and serial numbers on joint and hip replacements to establish the 15 useless, the chief examiner mentioned.
Lasson mentioned the investigation might take three months or longer, relying on the outcomes of the truck’s investigation, judicial authorizations and when survivors are interviewed.
“We don’t want to approach people that are in recovery because re-interviewing them can be very traumatic,” he mentioned. “We need to be very sensitive to that and very patient as investigators.”
Global News will probably be livestreaming the convention.
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