Motorists consider safety while visiting memorial near intersection of deadly Manitoba bus crash
CBC
Marilyn Wiebe laid flowers Sunday at a growing memorial near the intersection of Highway 5 and the Trans-Canada Highway, just north of Carberry, Man.
On Thursday, Wiebe was driving her regular route to Russell, Man. As she approached the intersection, she noticed traffic was being rerouted, she said, signalling to her that something had happened.
"I was devastated when I saw what I thought was carnage at the intersection," Wiebe told CBC News on Sunday.
"I kept thinking, 'There were two lanes. There were two lanes. What happened? Why did this have to happen?'"
On Thursday, a transport truck travelling east on the Trans-Canada Highway collided with a southbound minibus that was trying to cross the intersection, Manitoba RCMP said.
The bus was carrying a group of seniors from Dauphin, Man., to the Sand Hills Casino near Carberry, about 150 kilometres south. The collision killed 15 people and sent 10 others to hospital.
Places of worship in Dauphin, a city of roughly 8,000 people in western Manitoba, dedicated parts of their weekly Sunday services to praying and mourning for the crash victims, as well as for the community.
RCMP have previously said the semi had the right-of-way at the time, but the investigation into possible causes of the crash is ongoing.
In the meantime, Wiebe is encouraging everyone on the roads to slow down and drive defensively.
"I think every intersection along the Trans-Canada is dangerous," Wiebe said. "People have to start slowing down. We can't depend on other people to follow the rules."
Derek Kodecki, a veteran trucker, stopped at the memorial Sunday on his way home to Calgary after dropping off a freight in Winnipeg.
He estimates that he has driven past the intersection where the crash occurred up to 30 times over the past 40 years, for both business and pleasure, he said.
"It's definitely a wake-up call," said Kodecki, who has had close calls on the highways himself.
The intersection contains stop and yield signs. So in theory, there shouldn't be any accidents, Kodecki said, but humans make mistakes.
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