The Vancouver Sun has named the second of four people who died in a bus crash on Christmas Eve on the Okanagan Connector.
High school graduate Kathy Kim Le, 18, was on the bus after visiting a friend in Kelowna and was headed home to her parents in Langley when the bus flipped over near the Loon Lake exit. She was on the bus because her flight home was cancelled due to poor weather.
The teen is the second fatal victim to be identified publicly, the other being Karanjot Singh Sodhi, 41, an Oliver, B.C. man and recent arrival to Canada who was travelling to visit family in the Lower Mainland.
Dozens of other riders were rushed to hospital with serious injuries. Interior Health said Tuesday two remain in hospital.
RCMP investigators say the bus, operated by the Alberta-based Ebus was equipped with seatbelts but the majority of the passengers were not wearing them.
The bus was travelling west from Kelowna towards Merritt when it went off road, crossed the median and flipped onto its passenger side, coming to rest in the eastbound lanes.
Police believe 46 people were on the bus, including the driver and 41 were sent to hospital.
The RCMP and the Ministry of Transportation's Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement team are investigating the crash. Minister of Transport Rob Fleming said the results of the CVSE investigation, which will include looking at the condition of the bus, its brakes, tires and light systems, will be released publicly when it has been completed.
with files from The Canadian Press
