Bus Plunges Into Quebec Ravine; 43 Die, 5 Survive
A bus carrying senior citizens on a Thanksgiving Day trip to view the fall foliage plunged into a ravine Monday in central Quebec, killing 43 of the 48 people aboard.
Quebec provincial police said the accident took place in the afternoon about 60 miles northeast of Quebec City. The bus was traveling on Highway 138 and crashed at the bottom of a steep hill heading into a hard right curve.
Real Ouellette, a Quebec provincial police spokesman, said faulty brakes appeared to have caused the tragedy. There were no skid marks at the bottom of the dangerous hill, the same place where 15 people died in an accident 20 years ago.
The five survivors were transported to a hospital in Quebec City and were listed in serious condition Monday night.
The accident was the deadliest in Canada in recent memory. The passengers, who belonged to a senior citizens club in the Beauce region southeast of Quebec City, were on an outing for Canada’s Thanksgiving holiday, Ouellette said.
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