By James Keller, The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER - Peter Skeels's bus was lumbering up the highway that winds through British Columbia's breathtaking coastal mountains when he heard a roar that sounded like violent hail.
He drove through and it wasn't until a few minutes later, when Skeels pulled over and saw the bus covered in dents and its windows shattered, that he realized the hailstorm was really a massive pile of rocks and boulders raining down on the road.
"There was suddenly an unbelievable noise, it sounded like a hailstorm - you didn't really know what to make of it," said Skeels, who lives in Whistler and regularly drives the highway between Vancouver and the mountain resort community that will jointly play host to the 2010 Winter Olympics.
"The vehicle didn't get knocked or pushed around. It was just so loud. I did not hear the windows explode at all."
The Tuesday night slide on the Sea-to-Sky Highway left 16,000 cubic metres of rock covering the road and severed the only direct route between Vancouver and Whistler. See complete story.
He drove through and it wasn't until a few minutes later, when Skeels pulled over and saw the bus covered in dents and its windows shattered, that he realized the hailstorm was really a massive pile of rocks and boulders raining down on the road.
"There was suddenly an unbelievable noise, it sounded like a hailstorm - you didn't really know what to make of it," said Skeels, who lives in Whistler and regularly drives the highway between Vancouver and the mountain resort community that will jointly play host to the 2010 Winter Olympics.
"The vehicle didn't get knocked or pushed around. It was just so loud. I did not hear the windows explode at all."
The Tuesday night slide on the Sea-to-Sky Highway left 16,000 cubic metres of rock covering the road and severed the only direct route between Vancouver and Whistler. See complete story.
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