About 20 injured in shuttle bus crash near Mackenzie

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About 20 people were injured, some seriously, after a shuttle bus veered off a highway near Mackenzie on Wednesday morning.

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B.C. highway patrol received a call about a single-vehicle collision on Highway 39, about four kilometres south of Mackenzie, at approximately 9:10 a.m.

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Officers arrived to find a white shuttle bus in a ditch. The driver and approximately 20 passengers had been hurt, with injuries ranging from minor to serious.

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“This was a chaotic scene, and police will need time to sort out many of the details,” said Sgt. Michael McLaughlin with B.C. highway patrol in a news release.

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Several ambulances, including air ambulances, took the injured to hospital.

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The highway was closed down for several hours. It reopened to single lane alternating traffic by late Wednesday afternoon. DriveBC cautioned drivers to expect delays in the area, about four kilometres south of Mill Road, as crews work to pull the bus out of the ditch.

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The bus was heading northbound when it crashed, said police. The cause of the crash is not yet known.

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Police are appealing for more information, and asks anyone who saw the bus in the minutes before the collision, or who has dashcam footage, to contact B.C. highway patrol in Prince George at 250-649-4004.

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