Alberta tour bus operator charged by province after fatal glacier rollover in Jasper National Park in 2020

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While the results of an RCMP investigation have not yet been released, the charges announced Friday were laid under Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act

, and allege that Brewster Inc. failed to maintain a safe workplace by, among other things, requiring seatbelts, controlling the hazard of the lateral moraine, meaning the gravel slope the bus rolled down, and ensuring all equipment could perform the function for which it was designed.Brewster’s Ice Explorer tours at the Athabasca Glacier in the southern part of Jasper park are a popular tourist attraction in the summer.

But on July 18, 2020, one tour carrying 27 people took a terrifying turn, overturning before it reached the ice and rolling “50 to 100 yards” down the hill, RCMP said at the time. Three people died at the scene while the rest, including the driver, were taken to hospital. As the closest town to the glacier is the townsite of Jasper itself, roughly an hour and a half to the north on a two-lane scenic highway, the rescue required a co-ordinated effort from local helicopter companies.

The RCMP investigation into the incident is independent and separate from Alberta’s, though some information was shared, according to a release. That investigation has concluded and is being reviewed.

 

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How about charging the designers/makers of that unstable bus?

I think if he claims that he was blackout drunk he will be found not guilty. Isn't that what the 'supreme' court said today?

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glacier? Don't that require ice?

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