Interior Health says remaining patients from deadly B.C. bus crash expected to live

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All of the remaining patients in hospital from a deadly Christmas Eve bus crash in British Columbia are expected to survive, according to an Interior Health…

Michaela Swan, a spokeswoman for the health authority, says seven people who were brought to three hospitals after the bus rolled on the Highway 97C Okanagan Connector on Saturday evening are still patients, down from eight on Sunday.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

“What we did hear from the front line was just that initial heart-sinking feeling when you hear about this accident and the impacts to those potential patients and their families,” Swan said.Article content Interior Health implemented a Code Orange response — signalling a disaster or mass-casualty event — in the hours following the crash.

 

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