Bus carrying crew for Shania Twain concert crashes on icy highway ...
Fire crews used an emergency hatch in the roof of the bus and took out windows in order to get to the 13 people stuck inside.
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Published Nov 08, 2023 • 2 minute read
WOLSELEY, Sask. — Members of Shania Twain’s concert production crew were on a bus that crashed Wednesday on an icy highway in southeast Saskatchewan.
The music star’s management company, Maverick, says in a statement that the bus and a truck from her Queen of Me tour were in the crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near Wolseley.
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It says the vehicles had been driving between Winnipeg, where Twain had a show Tuesday night, and Saskatoon.
Twain, who was not on the bus, is currently on the final leg of her Queen of Me tour, which is scheduled to return to Calgary for a concert at the Saddledome at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.
“We ask for patience as we look after our touring family,” the statement said.
Her tour was previously in Calgary for a pair of shows in May 2023.
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Now, we're in the final run of shows, ending the tour in Canada felt only right... Winnipeg, see your beautiful faces tonight ????
— Shania Twain ???????????? (@ShaniaTwain) November 7, 2023Dwayne Stone, the fire chief for the nearby town of Grenfell, says firefighters were called out to the scene, where the bus had rolled onto its side.
“It looks like they lost control, went into the ditch sideways and then the wheels caught the ground and it rolled,” he said.
The double-decker bus was set up so passengers could sleep on the top level, Stone said. Firefighters used an emergency hatch in the roof and took out windows in order to get to the 13 people stuck inside.
“When it rolled, all the debris trapped people in,” he said. “Basically we just had to go in, gently remove items, so we can free people.”
Stone said the people were taken to a nearby hospital, but he didn’t believe any of their injuries were life-threatening.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said later Wednesday that two people were transferred to a hospital in Regina and the others were discharged.
Stone said the bus had a Tennessee licence plate and was operated by a tour company with headquarters in Florida called Beat The Street. The company, which provides buses for bands and crews that are on tour, confirmed to The Canadian Press that its vehicle was involved.
“I am devastated to have to tell you that a Beat The Street USA bus experienced black ice on the roadway causing an accident,” Joerg Philipp, the owner, said in a post on social media.
Firefighters also had to retrieve luggage from the tipped bus to get the passengers’ passports.
When the bus tipped, Stone said he figures many passengers had been sleeping, because they “just had their socks on and no coats,” he said. “We had to give them blankets to keep warm.”
With files from Postmedia
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