Posted by KateAt 8:25 this morning, RCMP Neepawa Detachment along with local EMS, the Eden Fire Department and the Neepawa Fire Department were dispatched to a two vehicle collision about 3 miles north of Neepawa on Highway 5 at the intersection of a gravel road in the RM of Rosedale.
A vehicle, driven by a 50-year-old woman from Winnipegosis, collided into the side of a school bus carrying 13 children. The students were in both elementary school and high school.
Ray Derksen of the BPSD reports that school division personnel were on site prior to the arrival of EMS and kept the students still until they could be check out.
The students underwent a preliminary assessment by EMS on site and were then transported to the Neepawa Hospital. Parents of the students were contacted and told to meet their children at the hospital. Derksen said, "From the EMS assessment, there was no visible trauma [to the students] as far as we know, but they were shaken up emotionally."
All parents of students in the northern part of the division were contacted.
The driver of the vehicle was also transported to the Neepawa Hospital and is being transferred to the Health Sciences Centre. Her condition is not known by police at the present time.
Alcohol is not considered a factor. However, poor visibility due to heavy fog is.
The RCMP Neepawa continue to investigate assisted by the RCMP Dauphin Reconstructionist.
The Banner will keep you updated as more information is known.
