![]() And I positioned them there for that reason," he said. "One of the things I did not like is when I did have the passengers in behind the bus … they could not see nothing. Critical of RCMP responseĪlguire said he is disturbed and angry that police waited so long before arresting the suspect, allowing more time for indignities to be done to McLean's body. He saw McLean's head being severed, then retreated off the bus and helped again hold the door shut until RCMP arrived. "The bus driver had stepped onto the bus and then I had to get onto the bus and step in front of him … because I took it into my own hands to protect all the people as best I could. Later, the bus driver boarded the bus, and Alguire followed. (John Woods/Canadian Press)He told other passengers who wanted to help or were worried about their safety where they could find other tools in his truck to protect themselves, in case the suspect tried to exit the vehicle. RCMP officers investigate the killing of Tim McLean, 22, onboard a Greyhound bus in Manitoba on July 30. ![]() They were pretty upset already, so I had them directed to the back of the bus, behind the cargo trailer, so they could no longer see what was happening inside," he said. Guarded bus doorĪlguire grabbed a snipe, a metre-long bar used to help secure loads on his truck, and immediately ran to the bus and assisted the bus driver, who was holding the vehicle's door closed. "You see somebody on the side of the highway, pulled over erratically in such a manner, you instantly know something is wrong, and it's just the nature of my personality, I'm always willing to stop and give a helping hand," he said from Morden, Man., Tuesday morning.īus passengers told him that a passenger on the bus had attacked and stabbed a man, later identified as 22-year-old Tim McLean, a Winnipeg man who had been working at a carnival in Edmonton. Both McLean and his attacker were still on the bus. Speaking publicly for the first time, Christopher Alguire, a long-distance trucker, said in an interview with CBC News that he noticed trouble on the bus as he drove through the area west of Winnipeg on the evening of July 31, so he pulled over to see if he could help. ((CBC))A truck driver who scrambled to help Greyhound passengers who had witnessed a stabbing and decapitation in July aboard a bus on the Trans-Canada Highway near Portage la Prairie, Man., is criticizing the RCMP's response. Christopher Alguire, 28, stopped to help when he saw the Greyhound bus pulled over near Portage la Prairie, Man.
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