BIGGAR, Sask. – One person is dead and four others, including three children, were taken to hospital after a crash involving a school bus in Saskatchewan on Monday afternoon.
RCMP say the fatal collision happened just before 4 p.m. on Highway 4, approximately 24 kilometres north of Biggar.
Investigators say a truck pulling a cattle trailer was parked on the side of the road due to a mechanical issue when it was hit by the northbound school bus with three grade school children on board.
A 40-year-old woman from the Biggar area was standing beside the truck at the time of the collision. Monica Domes was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries and died a short time later.
The three school children and the bus driver were taken to hospital and held overnight for observation. All the children have been released after being treated for minor cuts and bruises.
Two of the kids were related to Domes.
The bus driver has been transferred to a Saskatoon hospital. The extent of his injuries is unknown.
The driver of the pickup truck was not injured.
Highway 4 was closed for a number of hours while an RCMP collision analyst conducted an investigation into the cause of the collision.
This is the second crash in the last month in the Biggar area involving a Sun West School Division bus.
On Jan. 15, no one was injured after a school bus with seven children on board rolled on a gravel road after the driver lost control due to icy conditions.
Biggar is approximately 95 kilometres west of Saskatoon.
Correction: Original releases indicated the age of the deceased was 39.
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