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(...)

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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(...)

Date6/1/1979

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Dutton, Don (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 careless driving and fined $400. Steven Ross; 30; of Mississauga; a Metro ambulance driver with five safe driving awards; still works part-time as a Travelways bus driver. [Incomplete]

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Traffic accidents

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

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Bus filled with students from Weston Collegiate was sliced in half in the crash, strewing Highway 400 with twisted metal and smashed seats

Bus filled with students from Weston Collegiate was sliced in half in the crash, strewing Highway 400 with twisted metal and smashed seats

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

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

A six-foot model of the accident on Highway 400 March 18 in which 12 people were killed is being used by witnesses before a coroner's jury in Barrie. (...)

A six-foot model of the accident on Highway 400 March 18 in which 12 people were killed is being used by witnesses before a coroner's jury in Barrie. (...)

10/1/1973

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

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

One of the smashed cars from the Highway 400 accident is examined near the site of the crash

One of the smashed cars from the Highway 400 accident is examined near the site of the crash

3/26/1973

A west hill couple, Barbara and John Christie, feared they'd be killed in Sunday's accident on Highway 400

A west hill couple, Barbara and John Christie, feared they'd be killed in Sunday's accident on Highway 400

3/19/1973

Accidents - Motor - 1973, March 18 - 400 Highway

Accidents - Motor - 1973, March 18 - 400 Highway

10/1/1973

Accidents - Motor - 1973, March 18 - 400 Highway

Accidents - Motor - 1973, March 18 - 400 Highway

3/18/1973

Bus crash casualty is transferred to an ambulance at Sunnybrook

Bus crash casualty is transferred to an ambulance at Sunnybrook

1/25/1979

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