Woman injured in crash near Carberry, Man., dies in hospital, bringing death toll to 16
Of 25 aboard bus during crash, 9 survivors — 5 women and 4 men — remain in hospital
Another person has died as a result of last week's collision between a semi-trailer truck and a minibus in Manitoba, which has now killed 16 people.
The woman died in hospital after she sustained critical injuries in the crash near Carberry, a small town about 160 kilometres west of Winnipeg, Manitoba RCMP said in a news release on Wednesday.
That means 16 of the 25 people who were on the bus, most of them seniors, have died as a result of the crash.
RCMP previously said the 10 survivors who were hospitalized ranged in age from early 60s to late 80s.
Nine survivors — five women and four men — remain in hospital, including four in critical care, Shared Health said in a statement Wednesday.
"Shared Health and Prairie Mountain Health would like to express our condolences to the family and friends of the patient involved in the collision who succumbed to her injuries [Tuesday]," said a spokesperson from Shared Health, which co-ordinates health-care service delivery in the province.
The crash happened shortly before noon on Thursday.
RCMP said last week the bus was headed south on Highway 5, crossing eastbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway just north of Carberry, when it was hit by a semi-trailer truck.
The bus had set out from the western Manitoba city of Dauphin, which is 150 kilometres north of Carberry, with a load of seniors headed to a day at a casino. There has been an outpouring of support rolling into the city of around 8,000 people from across the country.
That includes sympathies extended by loved ones of those on the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team who were on a bus that collided with a semi-trailer in 2018 in Tisdale, Sask., leaving 16 dead.
RCMP have said the semi had the right of way in the southwestern Manitoba collision. The driver was released from hospital last week and has been co-operating with investigators.
Mounties have started interviewing survivors.
RCMP have said they'll release the names of the people who died in the crash this Thursday.
A vigil is planned for 7 p.m. Thursday at the Ukrainian Orthodox Auditorium in Dauphin.
