[1] The driver plus 6 volunteers, who were assisting the group on a visit to a theatre performance in another town, escaped from the bus before it sank.

[3] On the evening of August 4, 1978, members and volunteers of the Fraternité des malades et des personnes handicapées d'Asbestos, left the town of Asbestos, Quebec, on a chartered bus to attend a theatrical performance at the Théâtre de la Marjolaine, in the town of Eastman.

[4] The driver was faced with two choices, negotiate the 90 degree turn onto the highway at the bottom of the hill and risk flipping the bus or head for the lake and hope for a softer landing in the water.

[4] It was also revealed that owner/mechanic of the charter company had removed the hand parking brake that evening as parts to repair it had been difficult to find.

On August 17, 1978 the province of Quebec announced regulations that would require all buses to undergo routine maintenance every 3 months.