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The crushed wreck of a burned-out car and an Ontario Northland bus were among the scores of vehicles involved in Canada's worst-ever road disaster, la(...)
The crushed wreck of a burned-out car and an Ontario Northland bus were among the scores of vehicles involved in Canada's worst-ever road disaster, la(...)

The crushed wreck of a burned-out car and an Ontario Northland bus were among the scores of vehicles involved in Canada's worst-ever road disaster, la(...)

Date3/18/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: The crushed wreck of a burned-out car and an Ontario Northland bus were among the scores of vehicles involved in Canada's worst-ever road disaster; last night on Highway 400. The bus driver; Victor Heath; 51; of Kappele Ave. was wedged in his seat; despite the danger of an explosion; 25-year-old Susan Stephens; a nurse at Toronto General Hospital; went aboard the bus to help ease Heath out. For half an hour; she gave the only medical assistance at the scene.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000944F
One man died in the twisted wreckage of this, car, sandwiched between the rear of an Ontario Northland bus and another car in Sunday's 33-vehicle pile(...)
One man died in the twisted wreckage of this, car, sandwiched between the rear of an Ontario Northland bus and another car in Sunday's 33-vehicle pile(...)
3/20/1973
The tractor-trailer involved in the 33-vehicle crash on Highway 400 Sunday, its steel frame twisted by the intense heat of burning cars, was barred, u(...)
The tractor-trailer involved in the 33-vehicle crash on Highway 400 Sunday, its steel frame twisted by the intense heat of burning cars, was barred, u(...)
3/20/1973
The scene outside Sunnybrook Medical Centre - one of several Metro hospitals to which today's worst-injured school bus crash victims were airlifted
The scene outside Sunnybrook Medical Centre - one of several Metro hospitals to which today's worst-injured school bus crash victims were airlifted
1/25/1979
A passenger from the bus involved in the crash on Highway 400, Rhonwyn Evans, 15, of New Liskeard, is greeted in Toronto by a cousin, nurse Susan White
A passenger from the bus involved in the crash on Highway 400, Rhonwyn Evans, 15, of New Liskeard, is greeted in Toronto by a cousin, nurse Susan White
3/18/1973
69 horses die in worst-ever Canadian racetrack disaster
69 horses die in worst-ever Canadian racetrack disaster
4/2/1992
Truck driver James New (with wife Elaine) and bus driver Victor Heath are among witnesses at the Barrie inquest into the March 18 crash. Heath told an(...)
Truck driver James New (with wife Elaine) and bus driver Victor Heath are among witnesses at the Barrie inquest into the March 18 crash. Heath told an(...)
10/3/1973
Truck stop: Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant Cam Woolley checks paperwork at truck safety blitz in Toronto yesterday, where 51 per cent of vehicles were faulty
Truck stop: Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant Cam Woolley checks paperwork at truck safety blitz in Toronto yesterday, where 51 per cent of vehicles were faulty
4/16/1998
Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and other emergency vehicles litter the Etobicoke Creek valley where the stricken plane came to rest. Cause of th(...)
Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and other emergency vehicles litter the Etobicoke Creek valley where the stricken plane came to rest. Cause of th(...)
6/26/1978
Worst air disaster in Canada s history was the crash in October
Worst air disaster in Canada s history was the crash in October
6/28/1946
Bus crash casualty is transferred to an ambulance at Sunnybrook
Bus crash casualty is transferred to an ambulance at Sunnybrook
1/25/1979
Rear axle of bus lies next to crumpled cab of tanker truck as emergency workers examine Highway 400 crash scene
Rear axle of bus lies next to crumpled cab of tanker truck as emergency workers examine Highway 400 crash scene
1/25/1979
Barrie - The driver of a bus ripped apart by a tanker truck in a Highway 400 crash that killed four Weston Collegiate students has been convicted of c(...)
Barrie - The driver of a bus ripped apart by a tanker truck in a Highway 400 crash that killed four Weston Collegiate students has been convicted of c(...)
6/1/1979