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Several children suffered “significant” injuries in a school bus rollover north of Swan River, Man., in icy conditions on Tuesday morning, RCMP say.
The crash happened on Highway 10, about 13 kilometres south of Mafeking, and Swan River RCMP were called to the scene around 8:30 a.m. CT, the Mounties said in a news release Tuesday.
Four people suffered “significant but non-life-threatening injuries” and were taken to hospital, police said. Multiple other students were treated for injuries at the scene and taken to hospital.
The Sapotaweyak Cree Nation Education Authority bus was carrying about 15 students in grades nine to 12, Sapotaweyak Chief Nelson Genaille told CBC News. He initially thought there were fewer students.
“With the rain yesterday and the icy, slippery conditions today, the [bus] rolled,” Genaille said. “What rushed to me right away was these are kids.”
Emergency crews work at the scene of the school bus crash north of Swan River, Man., on Tuesday. (Submitted by Wayne Moore)
Emergency services were at the scene quickly, and the injured were being assessed at Swan Valley Health Centre, he said.
Parents of students were travelling to the Swan River hospital to be with their children, he said.
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School bus crashes near Swan River
A number of students have been sent to hospital after the school bus they were in skidded off the highway and rolled near Swan River. RCMP say the crash happened on Highway 10 south of Mafeking around 8:30 Tuesday morning.
A code orange — issued during potential large-scale incidents, including multi-vehicle crashes and mass casualties — was called at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre and at Swan Valley Health Centre, said Shared Health, which co-ordinates health-care service delivery in Manitoba.
Sapotaweyak Cree Nation is about 425 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg and about 100 kilometres northeast of Swan River.