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Oct 23, 2023 7:44 PM - Connect News

School bus overturns on highway in north of Calgary

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Investigators have closed the section of Highway 2A between Township Roads 320 and 314. (Photo: The Canadian Press)

According to the RCMP, a school bus overturned on Highway 2A in North of Calgary, with several students on board, including six children with injuries.

Six people, including five children and one adult, were admitted to the hospital.

Three children are in medical care in Didsbury while two other children and an adult were taken to a hospital in Calgary.

Didsbury RCMP say the crash happened just after 10:20 a.m., when the school bus was traveling on Township Road 320 on Highway 2A.

Investigators have closed the section of Highway 2A between Township Roads 320 and 314.

Drivers have been asked to take alternate routes.

Didsbury is about 60 km north of Calgary.

At present, the investigation by the police is going on.

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