No injuries were reported after a school bus carrying students collided with two other vehicles in Bolton and ended up partially in a ravine.
The incident happened just after 8 a.m. Friday near Humberview Secondary School at Humber Lea Road and King Street East around 50 kilometres north of Toronto.
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Ontario provincial police say the bus was climbing a hill with 17 high school students on board when it stopped, rolled backwards and collided with two passenger vehicles — a Jeep and a Ford Focus.
The bus eventually rolled into the Humber River and its back end became partially submerged.
Vince Facchini told Global News Radio 640 Toronto that he was driving behind the bus before it stopped midway up a hill, rolled downhill backwards and eventually ended up in the ravine.
He said he stopped and helped get children out of the vehicle.
“They were a little scared, a lot of them were crying and, you know, shaken up,” he told host Matt Gurney on Friday.
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The Peel District School Board said students inside the bus were not hurt.
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Police shut down the area to traffic for about two hours for the investigation. The exact cause of the crash is still unknown.
— With a file from The Canadian Press and Kerri Breen
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