By Canadian Press

Victims identified

Rock slide ruled out; No cause yet for bus crash that killed three near glacier

Jul 20, 2020 | 2:29 PM

COLUMBIA ICEFIELD, AB – RCMP say no cause has been found yet for a tourist bus rollover near a glacier in Jasper National Park that killed three people and injured 24, although officers have ruled out a rock slide.

Mounties say they remain at the Columbia Icefield between Banff and Jasper with a collision reconstructionist, occupational health and safety personnel, Parks Canada, and removal crews.

They say efforts are underway to remove the off-road vehicle, but it could take several days because the terrain where it came to rest is challenging.

The red-and-white, big-wheeled buses regularly take tourists up a rough rocky road onto the Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park.

RCMP say they have notified the families of the three people killed, who have only been identified as a 24-year-old woman from Canoe Narrows, Sask., a 28-year-old woman from Edmonton and a 58-year-old man from India.

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Twenty-four people were taken to hospital and police say four are still in critical condition and one is in serious condition.