Clarenville: 2 hospitalized after school bus collision
Two occupants of a passenger vehicle were taken to hospital after a collision with a school bus near the Bull Arm exit. No one on the bus was injured, police said.
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Two people were taken to hospital after a passenger vehicle and a school bus collided on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Bull Arm exit on Monday, Nov. 9, Clarenville RCMP said. The collision prompted a partial closure of the highway.
Police said they responded to a report of the collision shortly after 6 p.m. Both vehicles were travelling eastbound on the highway when they collided, according to the RCMP. The Come By Chance Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services personnel also responded to the scene.
Students and a teacher visiting from outside the province were aboard the school bus at the time of the collision, police said. All of the bus occupants, including the driver, were uninjured.
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The two people who were injured were occupants of the passenger vehicle, according to police. They were transported to hospital for treatment of injuries believed to be non-life-threatening. Police said neither of the people taken to hospital was on the school bus.
Clarenville RCMP is investigating the collision. Police said the cause remains under investigation. The partial highway closure followed the collision near the Bull Arm exit, where the passenger vehicle and school bus had been travelling eastbound.
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