British Columbia·NewMultiple people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a bus transporting workers to Taseko’s Gibraltar copper mine northeast of Williams Lake left the road.Four ambulances and a medevac responded to crash early FridayAndrew Kurjata · CBC News · Posted: Nov 28, 2025 6:25 PM EST | Last Updated: 13 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Taseko’s Gibraltar Mine in B.C.’s Cariboo. (Taseko Mines Limited)Multiple people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a bus transporting workers to Taseko’s Gibraltar copper mine northeast of Williams Lake left the road on Friday Friday.The Gibraltar copper mine is the same location where a contractor was found deceased one week ago.In a statement, the company says that early this morning, the bus left the road less than one kilometre from the mine gate.”Upon leaving the road, the bus remained upright and came to an abrupt stop,” the company said. “Eight employees plus the bus driver were transported to the hospital.”Additional details of their injuries was not released.RCMP and B.C. Emergency Health Services say they were called to the scene shortly after 6:30 a.m. PT.In total, eighteen workers were on the bus and in addition to the company’s medical team, B.C. Emergency Health Services responded with four ambulances, an advanced paramedic response unit and an air ambulance.RCMP say they are not investigating the incident, but Unifor Local 3018 said the union will be “actively engaged in the investigation.” Workers were taken to hospitals in both Williams Lake and Quesnel, the statement said.”Our thoughts are with our members, their families, and co-workers at this difficult time.”With files from Shaurya Kshatri and The Canadian Press
9 injured as bus leaves road while taking workers to Gibraltar copper mine north of Williams Lake
