最近,乘客中有人展開法律行動,起訴BC省政府、高速公路管理和維護公司,還有Merritt市政府。報道說,他們聲稱:「the collision occurred when the driver of the bus lost control of the bus due to inadequately marked pavement and/or poorly designed road」。The suits claim that the defendants owed a duty of care to the plaintiffs to ensure that the highway was designed and maintained to a standard that would make it reasonably safe and that the collision was caused or contributed to by their negligence.
Particulars of the alleged negligence include a failure to properly design, construct, mark, inspect or maintain the highway and a failure to conduct or reasonably conduct regular inspections of the highway.
從這個報道看華人的邏輯。
In September 2014, the transportation ministry said the crash was most likely caused by driver error after RCMP ruled out speed as a cause of the collision。
"It's more an issue that the driver drove into the centre median and then veered too hard trying to get onto the road," said Sgt. Brian Nightingale.參與事故調查的皇家騎警這樣說的。