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Tractor trailer rear-ends school bus near Vankleek Hill

By Christopher Whan Global News

Posted September 19, 2018 11:58 am

Updated September 20, 2018 7:52 am

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A damaged school bus is seen off to the side of Highway 34 after a collision with a tractor trailer on Wednesday morning. Pierre Cormier / Facebook

The Ontario Provincial Police are reporting a bus has rear-ended a school bus on Highway 34 in Hawkesbury’s rural east end on Wednesday.

Hawkesbury #OPP investigating after a transport rear-ended a school bus on Hwy 34 between Hawkesbury and Vankleek Hill. Road is closed. Bus driver airlifted to hospital, 5 kids taken by ambulance, 19 kids taken to hospital in another bus as a precaution. @OttTraffic #ottnews ^bd
— OPP East Region (@OPP_ER) September 19, 2018

According to OPP, the collision involved four vehicles including a tractor-trailer and a school bus.

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Four students were transported by ambulance to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while other students were taken as a precautionary measure.

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The school bus driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported by helicopter to an Ottawa hospital. Occupants of other vehicles involved did not sustain injuries.

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