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Five youth, one adult taken to hospitals after school bus rolls over north of Calgary

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 Oct, 2023 12:26 PM

Six people have been transported to hospital after a collision involving a school bus in central Alberta.

An RCMP officer from Didsbury, about 82 kilometres north of Calgary, came across the school bus rollover on Highway 2A at Township Road 320, police said Monday.

"The bus contained numerous students," they said in a news release.

#Didsbury RCMP are on scene of a school bus rollover on Hwy 2A at Township Rd. 320. The extent of injuries is unknown. Hwy 2A, between Township Road 320 and 314, is currently closed. Traffic cannot get through the area. Please take an alternate route. https://t.co/jUuqnfKOkq pic.twitter.com/3XopyO5Rr2
— RCMP Alberta (@RCMPAlberta) October 23, 2023

Emergency Medical Services said paramedics responded around 10:30 a.m.

"A total of six individuals were transported to hospital," spokesman Adam Loria said in an email.

Two youths and an adult were taken to hospitals in Calgary, while three youths were taken to Didsbury Health Centre.

Loria said all six were transported by ground ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries.

Highway 2A is closed and no traffic can get through the area.

Police said earlier they were responding Monday to multiple collisions in the area, including potentially 12 between Carstairs and Olds on Highway 2, due to poor road conditions.

Albertans woke up to freezing rain ahead of a predicted snowfall that Environment Canada says could see accumulations of 10 to 15 centimetres before Tuesday.

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