The driver of a Greyhound bus involved in a fatal four-vehicle crash has been charged.
Colin Lucas Dunlop faces one count of driving without due care and attention in relation to the April 21, 2017 incident on Highway 97 south of Kersley.
One person was killed and seven injured in a crash involving the bus, a car, a pickup truck and a tractor pulling a piece of farm equipment, North District RCMP said at the time. Kersley is 144 kilometres south of Prince George.
The B.C. Coroner’s Office did not confirmed the identity of the person killed in the accident. But according to a posting on Go Fund Me, put up by a relative, the driver of the tractor, Mike Bailey, was killed when he was thrown from the machine.
For safety reasons, his wife, Katina London, was behind him in the pickup truck. She was knocked unconscious and for a time was put into a medically-induced coma. About a month later she was stable enough to be flown back to Quesnel.
Dunlop and Greyhound Canada have also been named in two civil lawsuits stemming from the incident. According to the notice of claims, Dunlop was driving the bus when it collided with the rear of the car while it was stationary.
The two people who were in the car are from Idaho. One of the men, who was a passenger in the car, suffered extensive and serious injuries, according to his claim, including traumatic brain injury and injuries to his spine. Previously a firefighter, he is no longer able to work and is suing for general, special, aggravated and punitive damages.
The defendants have not yet filed a response.
A Vernon man who as a passenger on the bus has also filed a claim, saying he suffered mild traumatic brain injury and injuries to his back, hips and shoulders and to a wrist and knee. He is also suing for damages.
In a response, the defendants are denying the claim.
Dunlop's first appearance in Quesnel provincial court on the MVA charge is set for mid-May.
None of the allegations have yet been proven in court.
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