Code Orange Activated at BC Hospitals After Charter Bus Crash Injures 20
Twenty people were injured when a shuttle bus chartered by a contractor for a data centre company veered off a highway in northern B.C., prompting two area hospitals to declare Code Orange protocols to manage the influx of patients. The scene near Mackenzie, B.C., was “chaotic” as air and ground ambulances rushed people to hospital [...]
TL;DR
- A shuttle bus chartered for a data centre company crashed off a highway in northern B.C.
- Twenty people sustained injuries in the incident.
- Two area hospitals activated Code Orange protocols to manage the influx of patients.
- The bus veered off Highway 39 and ended up at the bottom of an embankment.
- Emergency services responded to the remote location shortly after 9 a.m. on November 4.