Students hurt in school bus crash near Swan Lake

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About 20 students are recovering from minor injuries after a school bus was involved in a collision near Swan Lake on Wednesday.

A motorist struck a school bus full of Prairie Spirit School Division students between 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m., the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.

RCMP spokeswoman Michelle Lissel told the Free Press about 20 youth, ranging in level from kindergarten to Grade 11, were aboard the school bus when it was hit by a truck.

“The truck collided with the rear end of the bus, and the bus rolled on its side. Minor injuries to all students in the bus — mostly from glass breaking and stuff like that,” Lissel said by phone Wednesday afternoon.

The collision happened near the intersection of Road 28 North and Road 66 West in the Municipality of Lorne. The collision was about 12 kilometres west of the town of Swan Lake.

“All students were taken to hospital for assessment and further treatment if necessary,” superintendent Cheryl Mangin said in an email.

Mangin added RCMP has assured the division none of the injuries were life-threatening.

The truck driver and all of the children and teenagers on the scene were taken to hospital via ambulance and private vehicle, RCMP said.

Lissel said the truck was headed south on Road 66 and the bus, which was headed to both an elementary school and secondary school in the area, was going east on Road 28 when they collided.

The police spokeswoman noted a traffic analyst attended the intersection to piece together what happened. She did not have any additional details about the cause of the incident or the truck driver.

maggie.macintosh@freepress.mb.ca