On the afternoon of October 13, 1997, Les Éboulements, in Charlevoix, was the scene of the worst road accident in Canadian history. A bus carrying 44 members of the Golden Age Club of Saint-Bernard de Beauce, located about thirty kilometers south of Quebec, fell into a ravine. Result: 44 victims (including the driver) and four injured. Twenty-five years later, The sun looks back on this tragedy with the testimonies of those who experienced it up close.
Posted at 1:21 p.m.
It is noon in the village of Saint-Bernard de Beauce on this Tuesday which is slowly taking on the colors of autumn. Only the cries of the children of the primary school L’Aquarelle, who have fun in the courtyard, and the renovations of a building, disturb the peace. The drama that struck the small community 25 years ago only exists in the memories of the oldest.