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Alberta driver lauded for keeping young baseball team safe when their bus was struck by lightning

‘When the lightning hit the bus it was like a bomb blast,’ driver says.

CBC NewsCatriona Koenig

Angel Croucher was on a charter bus with her son's baseball team in northern Alberta when it was struck by a lightning bolt so loudly that it sounded like a jet engine.

The U13AA Fort McMurray Oil Giants team was travelling home from playing a weekend tournament in Slave Lake. They had been driving for about three hours on Sunday when they found themselves in the midst of a storm. 

The driver, Nadeem Aslam, said it was really windy, and he had to grip the steering wheel tight, going 110 km/h down…

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Alberta driver lauded for keeping young baseball team safe when their bus was struck by lightning

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CBC NewsCatriona Koenig, Posted: Jun 28, 2024 8:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 18 minutes ago
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