A woman is in hospital with serious injuries after her car collided with a bus taking children to school in rural Nova Scotia on Monday morning.
CTV Atlantic's Kelland Sundahl said there were up to 15 kids on board the bus, between the ages of 10 and 15, when another vehicle crashed into it in the small town of Brooklyn, in the Annapolis Valley, just before 7 a.m.
"Witnesses say the bus was stopped with its sign out and lights flashing, waiting for two children to board, when a small car read-ended the bus," Sundahl reported.
According to reports from the scene, the car slammed into the back of the bus and skidded underneath the vehicle, largely flattening the car.
The woman driver of the car had to be extricated by rescue workers using the jaws of life, Sundahl said.
She was taken to hospital in Halifax for treatment of serious injuries.
No one else was seriously hurt.
"Everyone on the bus, including the driver who is described as having a number of years of experience, were checked out by paramedics," Sundahl said.
"Police say none of the students or the bus driver were taken to hospital."
Several of the children on the bus did have complaints resulting from bumps or bruises stemming from the impact of the collision, but ultimately no one suffered serious injuries, she said.
Students on the bus were given the option of going to school as normal, or taking the day off.
Sundahl said it was raining heavily at the time of the accident, but police have not yet released the cause of the accident.
Highway 215 was closed for about an hour on Monday morning as officials dealt with the crash site.
With a report from CTV Atlantic's Kelland Sundahl
