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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

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

Date1/25/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bus filled with students from Weston Collegiate was sliced in half in the crash; strewing Highway 400 with twisted metal and smashed seats
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0000964F
      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(...)
      Dutton, Don
      6/1/1979
      Mississauga student Donald Marshall, 19, left paralyzed by a West German highway crash, is lifted from his mini-hospital, an airliner that arrived at Toronto International Airport yesterday with nine seats removed to accommodate his stretcher
      Mississauga student Donald Marshall, 19, left paralyzed by a West German highway crash, is lifted from his mini-hospital, an airliner that arrived at Toronto International Airport yesterday with nine seats removed to accommodate his stretcher
      Calleja, Frank
      11/8/1973
      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
      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
      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
      Cupid's Bower in High Park. This twisted pine tree has grown like an inverted heart. The limbs serve as seats to strolling pedestrians
      Cupid's Bower in High Park. This twisted pine tree has grown like an inverted heart. The limbs serve as seats to strolling pedestrians
      Boyd, John
      5/27/1929
      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
      With the 17,000 seats in Maple Leaf Gardens filled, an overflow crowd of about 4,000 mills outside last night, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau later spoke from a truck
      With the 17,000 seats in Maple Leaf Gardens filled, an overflow crowd of about 4,000 mills outside last night, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau later spoke from a truck
      Beaty, Keith
      10/17/1972
      Seats tore loose from metal bases when four coaches of CNR's Toronto-to-Barrie commuter train were derailed at 31 m
      Seats tore loose from metal bases when four coaches of CNR's Toronto-to-Barrie commuter train were derailed at 31 m
      Mahler, John
      10/9/1975
      Only 200 had Seats for the city hall ceremony at Hamilton when the Queen signed the visitors' book, but streets on the royal route were lined with 400(...)
      Only 200 had Seats for the city hall ceremony at Hamilton when the Queen signed the visitors' book, but streets on the royal route were lined with 400(...)
      Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
      6/8/1939
      Record setter: Alex Baumann of Sudbury sliced through the Etobicoke Olympium pool yesterday to set a world record in the 400-metre individual medley
      Record setter: Alex Baumann of Sudbury sliced through the Etobicoke Olympium pool yesterday to set a world record in the 400-metre individual medley
      Baumann, Alex
      6/17/1984
      Patrick Beyore, 17, who heads an ecology club at Weston Collegiate, recently worked with 50 other students from the borough of York in a clean-up operation at Black Creek. He is just one of the thousands fighting pollution.
      Patrick Beyore, 17, who heads an ecology club at Weston Collegiate, recently worked with 50 other students from the borough of York in a clean-up operation at Black Creek. He is just one of the thousands fighting pollution.
      Geo, Mario
      7/21/1971