Bus Accident in Canada Leaves Over 50 People Hospitalized
© AP Photo / Robert BumstedAn Ontario Provincial Police officer walks in front of a row of trucks parked on the street near the Canadian parliament building in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Hundreds of truckers clogging the streets of Canada's capital city in a protest against COVID-19 restrictions are bracing for a possible police crackdown. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)
© AP Photo / Robert Bumsted
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A bus accident occurred in southwestern Canada, leaving 53 people hospitalized, a local health authority said on Sunday.
"Interior Health has initiated a Code Orange response as a result of a bus accident on #HWY97C. Medical teams are currently receiving 53 patients at 3 hospitals located in #Kelowna, #Penticton, #Merritt," Interior Health, British Columbia's regional healthcare authority, wrote on Twitter.
According to British Columbia's emergency health services (BCEHS), the accident took place on Highway 97 near the Loon Lake. Multiple ground units had been dispatched and were working on scene, BCEHS added.
The authorities have given no details on the cause of the accident so far.