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CBC News British Columbia Bus carrying hockey team slides off BC highway News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City8c Tomorrow0c Snow and blowing snow CanadaHome World Canada BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Manitoba Thunder Bay Sudbury Windsor Toronto Ottawa Montreal NB PEI NS NL North Politics Health Arts & Entertainment Music Film Television Books Media Art & Design Theatre Technology & Science Money Consumer Life Diversions Weather Your Voice LICENSE EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Bus carrying hockey team slides off BC highwayLast Updated Friday December 11 2009 457 PM PT Comments87Recommend134CBC News A bus that had been carrying a midget hockey team lies on its side near Williams Lake BC Friday (CBC)A chartered bus transporting a boys hockey team slid off a highway and fell on its side in northcentral BC on Friday afternoon but none of the 23 passengers suffered serious injuriesMost of those aboard the International Stage Lines bus were members of the Fraser Valley Bruins midget hockey team from AbbotsfordAbout 12 of the passengers required medical attention for injuries that ranged from a fractured collar bone to scrapes and bruisesAmbulances rushed to the scene on Highway 97 five kilometres south of Williams Lake and took many of the injured to an area hospital Police cars also pitched in to take the youths aged 15 to 17 to get medical attentionView Larger Map The team was en route to a game in Prince George when the mishap occurred just after 3 pm PTRoad conditions at the time were reported to be snowy and treacherous and early reports suggested the bus hit black ice and spun out onto the shoulder before flipping onto its sideWilliams Lake is about 500 kilometres north of VancouverThis story is now closed to commentingNote The CBC does not necessarily endorse any of the views posted Please note that comments are published according to our submission guidelinesLICENSE EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Story comments (87)Sort Most recent First to last Agreedmaxvmg4me wrotePosted 20091214at 311 PM EThare krsna thanks for the insight will look into this000Agree 0DisagreePolicy Report abuseHare Krsna wrotePosted 20091214at 1003 AM ETIm a commercial full time Bus Driver Yesterday I was coming down the Coquihalla into Hope with a full bus It was blizzard conditions An International Coach roared past me just a couple days after this accident It may suprise a lot of people to learn that Coach Driivers in most companies are only paid less than $1500 per hour They hardly ever get gratuities The clients and the companies compain if you are late due to cautiousness The training and testing in BC is much better than most other provinces Buses are better designed to ...