Ontario Provincial Police say a nine-year-old boy is dead after a collision with a school bus while riding his bicycle.
Police said the incident happened at around 3:40 p.m. Wednesday in Almonte, Ont. — a town just west of Ottawa.
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The student, from R Tait McKenzie Public School, was riding his bicycle when he was involved in a collision with a school bus near another school on Paterson Street.
“Witnesses conducted life-saving measures at the scene,” police said.
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The boy was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced deceased, police said.
He was identified as a Mississippi Mills Township resident.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
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