CP Rail crew bus crash

On May 28, 1980, a bus carrying 30 Canadian Pacific Railway workers known as the 'Prairie Region Steel Gang', was returning home after work they were doing on the railway was cut short by rain.[3] At approximately 2:30pm on the TransCanada highway, just west of Webb, Saskatchewan, the bus was struck on its side by an oncoming car, causing the bus to flip on its side.[3] The bus was then hit from behind by a transport truck carrying liquid asphalt, setting off a fiery blaze.[3] Most of the passengers died instantly on scene with others dying either at the hospital or enroute.[3] Many of the charred bodies could only be identified by tattoos, clothing or physique.[4] Among the dead, 12 were Newfoundlanders, 9 Manitobans, and one from Ontario.[3] Of the 30 passengers on board the bus, only 8 would survive including the 2 occupants of the car and the driver of the truck.[4]

In August 1980, a bronze memorial plaque honoring the 22 victims was unveiled in the town of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, approximately 22kms east of Webb, Saskatchewan.[3]

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