Richmond/Vancouver BC Tour Company/Bus Driver, Caused Crash On Major BC Highway

Almost all of the 56 passengers needed medical help, some critical

Bus Driver at Fault!

Coquihalla Highway, 30 kilometres south of Merritt, B.C.

Tour Company, "Super Vacations" out of Richmond BC

Four hours after the accident, Interior Health spokeswoman Michaela Swan told CBC News patients were still being removed from the scene. Tour bus passengers visiting from China Nick Kam, director of service for Super Vacations, a company based in Richmond, B.C., that identifies itself on its website as the largest "Chinese tour operator in North America," confirmed the bus was on a tour organized by his company. "It's our tour, yes," Kam said. Kam said the bus was not owned by his company but was chartered through another company. He also said that company provided the driver. A Super Vacations employee... told CBC News the passengers came from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. She said the tourists had left Vancouver Aug. 25 [2014] on a trip to the Rocky Mountains and were returning to Vancouver.

Super Vacations, back in business, March 2018!

The name was changed by dropping the "s", to Vacation

They're back in business with this website:

https://www.supervacation.ca/index_en.php

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A Richmond-based tour operator answered to media Friday afternoon after one its chartered buses crashed on the Coquihalla Highway Thursday afternoon, sending 56 customers to various hospitals in the Interior.

Most of the passengers on the Super Vacation Canada tour were tourists from China, said the company's director of services Nick Kam, who noted his company chartered the bus from Western Bus Lines.

"I would like to emphasize this is one of the most mainstream bus companies," said Kam, speaking to English and Chinese media from his office in Richmond.

He said he had little information on the condition of the bus driver.

"The driver is very experienced," said Kam.

He said Super Vacations has since assisted families reunite with one another as passengers were sent to different hospitals in the Interior, such as Kamloops and Kelowna.

"We try our own best to assist the customers," said Kam.

Kam said eight to 10 people were working in the Richmond offices Thursday night to find the locations of each customer. He said he has received many calls from families.

Ten people were listed as sustaining serious injuries.

RCMP Sgt. Brian Nightingale said the dash-cam footage, captured by a truck travelling behind the bus, indicates speed was a factor,  human error maybe mechanical failure was also a possible cause.

“It’s more an issue that the driver drove into the centre median and then veered too hard trying to get onto the road,” Nightingale said.

“We’re doing mechanical (inspections) today on the bus, so that will rule out any kind of mechanical factors, like steering and braking and all that kinda stuff.”

Super Vacations describes itself as the largest Chinese tour operator in North America. The company has said the bus was returning to Vancouver from on a trip to the Rocky Mountains and was between Kamloops and Vancouver when it rolled over.