Ontario Provincial Police News Portal OPP Media Release LEEDS COUNTY (Brockville) SCHOOL BUS AND TRACTOR INVOLVED IN COLLISION 2016-10-24
SCHOOL BUS AND TRACTOR INVOLVED IN COLLISION
(ELIZABETHTOWN, ON) – Officers from Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Leeds County detachment are currently on scene of a two vehicle collision on Dixie Road in Elizabethtown Township.
Investigation is in the early stages, but the collision did involve a school bus and a tractor. As a result of the collision, the school bus subsequently left the roadway and tipped onto its side.
The school bus was occupied by the bus driver and numerous students at the time of the collision. Several students suffered minor injuries, some were treated and released at the scene and others were transported to hospital.
The cause of the collision is in the preliminary stages.
Dixie Road is currently closed to through traffic and detours are in effect.
As additional accurate information is known, further information will be released at that time.
UPDATE
Ontario Provincial Police News Portal OPP Media Release LEEDS COUNTY (Brockville) Update #1 – SCHOOL BUS AND TRACTOR INVOLVED IN COLLISION – Dixie Road is re-opened 2016-10-24
(ELIZABETHTOWN, ON) – Officers from Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Leeds County detachment have cleared the scene of a two vehicle collision, that involved a school bus and tractor on Dixie Road in Elizabethtown Township.
The school bus was occupied by the bus driver and numerous students, when as a result of the collision the bus left the roadway and rolled onto its side. Several students suffered minor injuries, some were treated and released at the scene and others were transported to hospital.
The cause of the collision is in the preliminary stages.
The collision scene has been cleared and Dixie Road re-opened to through traffic.
As additional accurate information is known, further information will be released at that time.