By Charles Lefebvre

RCMP continue to investigate Humboldt bus crash

Apr 11, 2018 | 10:28 AM

ARMLEY, SASK. — RCMP in Saskatchewan says the investigation into the crash involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus remains ongoing.

According to a news release Wednesday morning, RCMP say they have conducted dozens of interviews, with more still to come. The organization adds vehicle computer data is being recovered and analyzed, and a Traffic Reconstruction Specialists Team continues to work on the investigation.

“Investigations such as this can take significant time, however we have dedicated the necessary resources to ensure this investigation can be done as expediently as possible,” a news release says.

The crash killed 15 people on the bus, and sent 14 others to hospital with injuries.

On Tuesday, the Alberta Transportation Ministry suspended Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd, the Calgary-based trucking company that contracted the truck which collided with the bus, pending an investigation.

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A spokesperson for the ministry says the company’s safety fitness certificate was suspended on Monday. The spokesperson says the suspension is standard practice when a commercial carrier is involved in a significant or high-profile incident posing a high risk to the public.

Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd. had passed its inspections as recently as February and March. The ministry noted the company — which has a total of two trucks — has a very clean record of its operations in Alberta since starting up in September.

-With files from Battlefords Now.