The driving force of a Mississauga transit bus carrying 13 passengers was the one particular person critically injured when the bus hit one other automobile and crashed right into a ditch in Toronto’s west finish, police mentioned on Tuesday.
The driving force of the opposite automobile and 10 bus passengers had been despatched to hospital with minor accidents after the morning crash, mentioned Toronto police Sgt. Murray Campbell.
“All things considered, it could have been much worse,” he mentioned, chatting with reporters on the scene.
Paramedics mentioned the person driving the transit bus was taken to an area trauma centre with critical accidents.
Police mentioned they responded simply after 11 a.m. to the crash on Freeway 27 south of Dixon Highway, simply east of Toronto’s Pearson Worldwide Airport.
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The early crash investigation was targeted on the motion of the bus, Campbell mentioned. The southbound bus appeared to cross into oncoming lanes, hit a automobile after which crashed right into a ditch on the east facet of Freeway 27.
Each drivers remained on the scene, police mentioned.
Mississauga’s transit operator, MiWay, mentioned it was carefully monitoring the state of affairs.
“Our thoughts are with those impacted,” a written assertion from MiWay mentioned.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 2, 2024.
