Dozens of people remained in hospitals Christmas Day after a crash involving a passenger bus the evening before on Highway 97C, the Okanagan Connectorr, near the Loon Lake exit.
Interior Health, the local health-care authority, said in a statement at around 10 p.m. they were not in a position to provide the extent of the injuries for those who were sent to hospital, including whether there were any fatalities. No cause was immediately provided for the crash. The authority said 53 people in total were sent to hospitals.
The passenger bus crash on Christmas Eve happened near the Loon Lake exit of B.C. Highway 97C, which is 330 kilometres east of Vancouver in the Southern Interior. Medical teams were receiving the patients in Penticton Regional Hospital, Kelowna General Hospital and Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt, according to Interior Health.it has set up an information line for families to locate loved ones involved in the accident: 250-545-2211.
This evening @BC_EHS and @Interior_Health are responding to a bus crash near Loon Lake Road on the Okanagan Connector. BC Ambulance paramedics were dispatched and are on scene. Our thoughts are with all affected during this difficult time. 1/3https://t.co/CcJNVi8EPsPremier David Eby expressed his condolences to the people injured in the crash through social media.
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