Two seriously injured in head-on crash involving charter bus carrying 50 people

Dec 23, 2015 | 1:38 PM

SQUAMISH, B.C. — A head-on collision involving a packed charter bus has sent two people to hospital after temporarily closing down a bustling coastal highway in British Columbia.

Squamish RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Jolaine Percival says both the operator of a Pacific Coach Lines bus and the driver of another vehicle were seriously injured when the vehicles collided along the Sea-to-Sky Highway, between Vancouver and Whistler.

The bus driver was airlifted to hospital, while the other driver was taken away in an ambulance.

There were 50 people on the bus at the time, but police received no reports of any additional injuries.