RCMP and the Barrhead Fireplace Division responded to a collision within the Alberta city Tuesday morning, the place a number of logs ended up crashing into the aspect of a college bus.
It occurred at 8:37 a.m. on the intersection of 53 Avenue/Freeway 18 and 49 Road/Grizzly Path/Freeway 33, close to the Fas Gasoline station on the centre of the city.
An Alberta RCMP spokesperson mentioned a logging truck was turning, when some logs on the overhang swung out and went via the aspect of the college bus.
A faculty bus was impaled by logs in Barrhead, Alta. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.
Credit score: Bryce Driessen
Police mentioned there have been an unknown variety of college students on the bus on the time however nobody was injured.
The bus belonged to the Pembina Hills School Division, which mentioned there have been elementary, junior excessive and highschool college students on Bus #25 when the crash occurred.
The college division additionally wasn’t certain what number of youngsters had been on the bus, but in addition mentioned there have been no severe accidents. Dad and mom had been contacted by telephone, the division mentioned.
“We’re so grateful that nobody was injured. The college division will proceed to offer assist for college students and households in consideration of their emotional wants as a result of this incident,” the college division said in a statement on its website.
The highway will stay closed for a couple of hours as crews clear up, RCMP mentioned shortly earlier than 10:30 a.m.
Barrhead is about 100 kilometres north of Edmonton.
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