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STARS Air Ambulance responds to school bus rollover in Manitoba

Click to play video: 'Air ambulance transports 2 people to hospital after school bus rollover near Winnipeg'
Air ambulance transports 2 people to hospital after school bus rollover near Winnipeg
WATCH ABOVE: Three people were airlifted to a Winnipeg hospital with non life-threatening injuries after a school bus rollover near Winnipeg. The bus was carrying 25 children and three adults – Dec 3, 2016

At around 1 p.m. Saturday STARS Air Ambulance responded to a bus rollover near Calders Dock, MB.

Chief Medical Officer Myron Thiessen said the bus was carrying 25 children and three adults.

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Police say the students were between 12 and 15 years old and may have been attending a musical event.

Two people were airlifted to Winnipeg hospital with non life-threatening injuries. All other students were transported by ground ambulance, or private motor vehicles as a precautionary measure.

Thiessen said icy roads on PR 234, approximately 2 kilometres south of Pine Dock were a factor in the rollover.

The scene is now clear, and the investigation is ongoing.

 

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