8 injured in bus crash
<p>Traxx Canadian coachline carrying 52 passengers over embankment near the Naples bridge. The windows still open from where passengers escaped.</p>
BONNERS FERRY — Eight people were injured when a bus full of Canadian tourists crashed Monday morning 10 miles south of Bonners Ferry.
The Traxx Canadian coachline was northbound on Highway 95 en route back to Edmonton, Canada, when it went off the left side roadway, launching off into the deep embankment landing on its left side and coming to rest on several trees, according to an Idaho State Police press release.
“A witness driving behind the bus said that the bus left the roadway before Shiloh Loop, and it appeared the driver dozed,” said Idaho State Police Trooper Kevin Bennett. “There will be a U/A test to rule out anything else.”
The driver of the bus, Gang Wang, 41, was uninjured but eight of the 53 passengers were injured, according to the release. Two people were taken to Boundary Community Hospital, where they were treated and released.
The accident, which happened just yards from the Naples bridge, blocked both lanes of Highway 95 at both ends of Deep Creek Loop for more than six hours.
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