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ARTICLE · 02 MARCH 2015

Police And Bus Driver Not To Blame For Greyhound Crash

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On December 23, 2000, then 21-year-old Shaun Davis boarded a Greyhound bus in northern Ontario heading east from Calgary to spend Christmas with family in Nova Scotia.

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Matthew Pearn
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Meady v. Greyhound Canada Transportation Corp., 2015 ONCA 6

On December 23, 2000, then 21-year-old Shaun Davis boarded a Greyhound bus in northern Ontario heading east from Calgary to spend Christmas with family in Nova Scotia.

About an hour into the trip, Davis left his seat to stand in the stairwell next to the bus driver. Davis requested that the driver stop because he thought some people on the bus wanted to hurt him. Davis was told to return to his seat by the bus driver, but ignored these requests. Then Davis lunged at the driver and grabbed the steering wheel.

The bus veered off the road and toppled onto its side. One person was killed and many of the 32 passengers were injured.

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