By Troy Gillard (Twitter: @Troy_Gillard)

Driver killed after being struck by tour bus in Columbia Icefield parking lot

Oct 5, 2018 | 1:52 PM

A tour bus driver is dead after she was struck by her vehicle in the parking lot of the Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre on Thursday.

According to RCMP, the driver, a 52-year-old woman believed to be from Alberta, was outside the bus when she was hit. Police say the bus also struck four parked vehicles before coming to a stop.

The crash happened a little after 1 p.m. No one else was injured.

“Several witnesses were interviewed and preliminary information indicates that the bus driver was outside of the bus when she was struck,” RCMP said in a news release.

STARS Air Ambulance responded but was not used as the woman died at the scene.

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