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The tractor-trailer involved in the 33-vehicle crash on Highway 400 Sunday, its steel frame twisted by the intense heat of burning cars, was barred, u(...)
The tractor-trailer involved in the 33-vehicle crash on Highway 400 Sunday, its steel frame twisted by the intense heat of burning cars, was barred, u(...)

The tractor-trailer involved in the 33-vehicle crash on Highway 400 Sunday, its steel frame twisted by the intense heat of burning cars, was barred, u(...)

Date3/20/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: The tractor-trailer involved in the 33-vehicle crash on Highway 400 Sunday; its steel frame twisted by the intense heat of burning cars; was barred; under the Lord's Day Act; from Sunday operation; provincial police say.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000947F
One man died in the twisted wreckage of this, car, sandwiched between the rear of an Ontario Northland bus and another car in Sunday's 33-vehicle pile(...)
One man died in the twisted wreckage of this, car, sandwiched between the rear of an Ontario Northland bus and another car in Sunday's 33-vehicle pile(...)
3/20/1973
Bus filled with students from Weston Collegiate was sliced in half in the crash, strewing Highway 400 with twisted metal and smashed seats
Bus filled with students from Weston Collegiate was sliced in half in the crash, strewing Highway 400 with twisted metal and smashed seats
1/25/1979
One of the smashed cars from the Highway 400 accident is examined near the site of the crash
One of the smashed cars from the Highway 400 accident is examined near the site of the crash
3/26/1973
A passenger from the bus involved in the crash on Highway 400, Rhonwyn Evans, 15, of New Liskeard, is greeted in Toronto by a cousin, nurse Susan White
A passenger from the bus involved in the crash on Highway 400, Rhonwyn Evans, 15, of New Liskeard, is greeted in Toronto by a cousin, nurse Susan White
3/18/1973
Barrie - The driver of a bus ripped apart by a tanker truck in a Highway 400 crash that killed four Weston Collegiate students has been convicted of c(...)
Barrie - The driver of a bus ripped apart by a tanker truck in a Highway 400 crash that killed four Weston Collegiate students has been convicted of c(...)
6/1/1979
Rear axle of bus lies next to crumpled cab of tanker truck as emergency workers examine Highway 400 crash scene
Rear axle of bus lies next to crumpled cab of tanker truck as emergency workers examine Highway 400 crash scene
1/25/1979
The crushed wreck of a burned-out car and an Ontario Northland bus were among the scores of vehicles involved in Canada's worst-ever road disaster, la(...)
The crushed wreck of a burned-out car and an Ontario Northland bus were among the scores of vehicles involved in Canada's worst-ever road disaster, la(...)
3/18/1973
A west hill couple, Barbara and John Christie, feared they'd be killed in Sunday's accident on Highway 400
A west hill couple, Barbara and John Christie, feared they'd be killed in Sunday's accident on Highway 400
3/19/1973
Accidents - Motor - 1973, March 18 - 400 Highway
Accidents - Motor - 1973, March 18 - 400 Highway
10/1/1973
A six-foot model of the accident on Highway 400 March 18 in which 12 people were killed is being used by witnesses before a coroner's jury in Barrie. (...)
A six-foot model of the accident on Highway 400 March 18 in which 12 people were killed is being used by witnesses before a coroner's jury in Barrie. (...)
10/1/1973
Accidents - Motor - 1973, March 18 - 400 Highway
Accidents - Motor - 1973, March 18 - 400 Highway
3/18/1973
The scene outside Sunnybrook Medical Centre - one of several Metro hospitals to which today's worst-injured school bus crash victims were airlifted
The scene outside Sunnybrook Medical Centre - one of several Metro hospitals to which today's worst-injured school bus crash victims were airlifted
1/25/1979