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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(...)
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(...)

Date6/1/1979
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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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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0000961F
      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
      Cooper, Dave
      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
      Cooper, Dave
      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(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      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. (...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      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
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      3/18/1973
      A Sarnia pediatrician convicted of sexually assaulting nurses and patients' mothers over a 16-year period has been ordered not to practise medicine for six months. And Dr. Kunwar Singh, 49, will lose his licence for a minimum 18 months if he's convicted of a similar charge within the next four years, a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. [Incomplete]
      A Sarnia pediatrician convicted of sexually assaulting nurses and patients' mothers over a 16-year period has been ordered not to practise medicine for six months. And Dr. Kunwar Singh, 49, will lose his licence for a minimum 18 months if he's convicted of a similar charge within the next four years, a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. [Incomplete]
      Loek, Dick
      11/27/1991
      Toronto Industrialist Roy C. Hill joins the chorus line at Emery Collegiate Institute, where students have been taking part in a course on the 1920s and 30s and donned costumes of the era to show what they learned
      Toronto Industrialist Roy C. Hill joins the chorus line at Emery Collegiate Institute, where students have been taking part in a course on the 1920s and 30s and donned costumes of the era to show what they learned
      Geo, Mario
      9/30/1970
      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
      Dutton, Don
      3/26/1973
      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(...)
      Dutton, Don
      3/20/1973
      Storm's wake: Traffic crawls southbound on Highway 400 near Highway 89 last night past a mobile home, blown off a flatbed truck in a flash storm
      Storm's wake: Traffic crawls southbound on Highway 400 near Highway 89 last night past a mobile home, blown off a flatbed truck in a flash storm
      Brennan, Pat
      10/4/1990
      Jerome Etkin: Co-founder of Mr. Transmission was killed in Highway 404 crash last November.
      Jerome Etkin: Co-founder of Mr. Transmission was killed in Highway 404 crash last November.
      Griffin, Doug
      5/3/1979
      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
      Dutton, Don
      3/19/1973