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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

Rear axle of bus lies next to crumpled cab of tanker truck as emergency workers examine Highway 400 crash scene

Date1/25/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rear axle of bus lies next to crumpled cab of tanker truck as emergency workers examine Highway 400 crash scene. Front of bus is in background.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000963F
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
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
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
A student's body lies covered with a blanket and a policeman carries ski boots at the scene of carnage
A student's body lies covered with a blanket and a policeman carries ski boots at the scene of carnage
1/26/1979
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
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(...)
3/20/1973
Truck driver James New (with wife Elaine) and bus driver Victor Heath are among witnesses at the Barrie inquest into the March 18 crash. Heath told an(...)
Truck driver James New (with wife Elaine) and bus driver Victor Heath are among witnesses at the Barrie inquest into the March 18 crash. Heath told an(...)
10/3/1973
Crumpled wreckage of twin-engined Piper Apache, in which four men died early today, lies tilted over fence in backyard on Cattrick St., in Malton, qua(...)
Crumpled wreckage of twin-engined Piper Apache, in which four men died early today, lies tilted over fence in backyard on Cattrick St., in Malton, qua(...)
4/23/1968
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
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