School bus and pickup truck collide near Sylvan Lake
SYLVAN LAKE- A Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools bus was involved in a head-on crash with a pickup truck this morning east of Sylvan Lake.
The collision occurred at about 7:30 a.m. on Highway 11A, just east of Range Road 11 when the eastbound school bus collided with the westbound truck.
“We were originally called by a member of the public stating that there was a vehicle on his property that he asked to leave. And then moments later we got a call from the public advising of this crash with the school bus,” says S/Sgt. Andrew Shepherd with Sylvan Lake RCMP.
There were eight kids on the bus between the ages of five and 11, none of them were injured. Their parents were notified and the children were taken to their school.