Third passenger dies following east Ontario bus crash

Ontario Provincial Police say a third passenger injured in a bus crash in eastern Ontario on Monday has died.

The passenger was identified late Thursday as 60-year-old Chinese woman Weiping Lu.

Police also said two other people who were injured in the crash remain in hospital with life-threatening injuries, but their conditions have improved and they are now in stable condition.

The two other Chinese tourists who died from injuries suffered in the crash had earlier been identified as 57-year-old woman Xueying Ye of Shanghai and a male passenger, Changlin Xu of Jiansu, China.

A tour bus carrying 37 people, including the driver, a guide and 35 Chinese tourists had crashed into a rock formation by the side of Highway 401 near Prescott, Ont.

OPP Const. Suzanne Runciman said earlier Thursday that the cause of the crash is still unknown and that an investigation is still ongoing.

“Those types of crashes take a long time to investigate,” Runciman said.

Officials at the Chinese embassy in Canada have “made clear that the travel agency involved should shoulder its responsibility and properly take care of such matters as medical treatment and compensation for the Chinese tourists,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a press conference Tuesday.