JASPER, ALBERTA, CANADA — A fatality inquiry heard Friday the driver of a tour bus complained about his brakes just days before it tumbled down an embankment in Jasper National Park, killing three people.

Court also heard the Ice Explorer bus had been serviced by Wajax, a company that offers repairs and maintenance for heavy-duty vehicles, two months before it lost control on a road leading to the Athabasca Glacier at the Columbia Icefield in July 2020.

It rolled about 50 metres down before coming to rest on its roof.

Fourteen others were seriously injured.

“Looking from a layman’s (point of view), it appears it was a catastrophic braking issue,” Judge Vaughn Myers told court.

A fatality inquiry cannot assign blame but makes recommendations to prevent similar deaths.

The judge said h

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