Ontario Provincial Police say several students have been taken to hospital after a school bus and a transport truck collided on a highway.
Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after a collision involving a school bus and a truck in Russell, Ont., south of Ottawa. An OPP logo is shown during a press conference, in Barrie, Ont., Wednesday, April 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Police say in a news release that the crash happened Monday afternoon after 4 p.m. on Route 400 in Russell Township, southeast of Ottawa, where the highway meets MacDonald Rd. In addition to the driver, police say three students were on the bus at the time, and all were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Police say a preliminary investigation indicates the bus attempted to enter the highway and collided with an eastbound transport truck on Route 400.
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