Fatal trucking accidents prompt calls for better training

Dec 06, 2019 at 07:45 AM CST
Families of Canadians who have died in collisions with semi-trucks are demanding the B.C. government catch up with other provinces that have improved trucker training. Ginny Hunter lost her 18-year-old step-son, Logan, in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018. Pattie Fair lost her husband, Steve Babij, when an inexperienced semi-truck driver lost control and collided with Babij’s semi-truck near Revelstoke in 2017. On Thursday, the two met with Attorney-General David Eby, who is responsible for the Insurance Corp. of B.C., to make the case for increased training and oversight for the trucking industry. They have another meeting Friday with Transportation Minister Claire Trevena.

Dec 06, 2019 at 07:45 AM CST

Families of Canadians who have died in collisions with semi-trucks are demanding the B.C. government catch up with other provinces that have improved trucker training. Ginny Hunter lost her 18-year-old step-son, Logan, in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018. Pattie Fair lost her husband, Steve Babij, when an inexperienced semi-truck driver lost control and collided with Babij’s semi-truck near Revelstoke in 2017. On Thursday, the two met with Attorney-General David Eby, who is responsible for the Insurance Corp. of B.C., to make the case for increased training and oversight for the trucking industry. They have another meeting Friday with Transportation Minister Claire Trevena.