Five years since tragic Barrhaven bus crash
Posted Sep 18, 2018 11:18:00 AM.
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It's been five years since the Barrhaven bus crash
Six people were killed, including the bus driver, when an OC Transpo double-decker bus collided with a Via Rail train.
The crash happened on the Transitway, at the rail crossing near Fallowfield Road and Woodroffe Avenue, just before 9 a.m. on September 18, 2013.
Thirty-five other people who were on the bus were injured in the crash, while no train passengers suffered injuries.
A Transportation Safety Board investigation concluded that the driver's view of the road was obstructed by foliage as the bus approached the crossing just as the train was coming into its path.
The investigation also determined that the driver was probably distracted by the video screens he was required to monitor on the bus, and the TSB recommended that guidelines be developed for the use of in-vehicle screens to reduce distraction.
