One person was taken to hospital after a pickup truck collided with a school bus near Brighton, Ont., on Tuesday morning.
According to Northumberland OPP, around 7:30 a.m. a school bus travelling on County Road 30 was rear-ended by a pickup truck just north of Hansen Road, north of Highway 401, about 10 kilometres north of the town of Brighton.
The southbound bus had stopped to pick up several students when it was struck by the pickup, police on scene said.
There were eight high school students aboard the bus but no one was injured, police said.
The driver of the pickup truck was taken to hospital with minor injuries, OPP said.
On Tuesday afternoon, OPP said the 76-year-old driver from Trent Hills, Ont., was charged with careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act.
No name was released.
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