Two people have been sent to hospital after a crash between a Halifax Transit bus and a waste management truck slowed traffic to a crawl in the municipality’s downtown core Wednesday morning.
Halifax Regional Police say the crash occurred on Barrington Street at approximately 9:40 a.m.
The vehicles were travelling in the same lane in the 1600 block of Barrington Street when the bus collided with the rear of the truck.
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Paramedics and police were on the scene when Global News arrived.
Two people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Halifax police say that at this time they don’t anticipate laying charges in relation to the crash.
Halifax Transit will launch an internal investigation.
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