A woman has been rushed to hospital in critical condition after she was hit by a school bus, police say, the second collision involving a bus in Toronto on Wednesday.
Around 4 p.m., Toronto police were called to the area of Kingswood and Kingston roads after they said a bus struck a pedestrian.
The woman was taken to hospital by paramedics, who told Global News she was in her 30s and reportedly in critical condition.
Images from the scene showed a yellow school bus secured behind police tape. Road closures were implemented in the area with police warning people to expect delays.
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It’s the second crash police dealt with on Wednesday involving a bus. The first came early in the morning when a public transit bus was involved in a fiery crash in midtown
In that case, police said an allegedly stolen Honda was travelling at a high speed when it crashed into a TTC bus at Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue West.
Police said that resulted in a chain reaction in which one TTC bus crashed into another and the Honda burst into flames.
The driver of the Honda was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
— with files from Global News’ Aaron D’Andrea
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