DAUPHIN, Man. — The Manitoba government is pledging $12 million for a highway intersection where a crash killed 17 other people last year.
“We can’t fix things or cure them, but we will do everything we can to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again,” Prime Minister Wab Kinew told a news conference on Monday.
The government released an outside review of the intersection of Highways 1 and 5, where a semi-trailer collided with a minibus carrying a group of seniors from Dauphin, Man., to a casino.
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The report states that one of the protection hazards at the intersection is a narrow median, which can be tricky for cars making a left turn or going straight ahead.
The report outlines three potential changes — widening the median, turning the intersection into a roundabout or restricting left turns in some directions.
Kinew said he wants to determine the safest change and follow through on it.
He added that the province would also help fund a memorial to the victims of the crash.
“We are also going to work hard to ensure that we can be there to help you on your healing journey.”
The twist of fate occurred near the town of Carberry, about 100 miles west of Winnipeg.
Police said speed camera footage showed the bus heading south on Highway 5 and crossing Highway 1, a component of the trans-Canada highway system, when it came into the path of the eastbound truck, which had the right of way.
The intersection lately is made up of prevention symptoms and passing through for drivers coming on Highway 5.
The mayor of Carberry was in favor of expanding the median. He said in a previous interview that giant trucks that can’t use or exit Highway 1, which is a busy stretch of the Trans-Canada highway network, can’t pass between the eastbound and westbound lanes while waiting.
“When you have semi-trucks with double trailers trying to take that curve, it’s dangerous. “
The study looked at other potential changes, such as lighting traffic and lowering the speed limit to less than 100 kilometers per hour, but decided that these could only create additional safety concerns.
More modest steps were taken in the weeks following the accident. Signage was improved and soundtracks and road markings were renewed.
The RCMP is still investigating the crash. A police spokesman in Manitoba said officials have yet to speak with the minibus driver but will give him the details due to fitness privacy laws.
Shared Health, the province’s central physical care agency, stopped releasing updates on the injured and some remained in hospital.
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