At approximately 4pm on October 24, 2013, RCMP units from Manitou and Treherne, as well as local Fire Department and EMS, responded to a two vehicle collision involving a car and a school bus. The collision occurred at the intersection of Highway 34 and Provincial Road 245 in the Rural Municipality of Lorne, south of Holland, MB.
Police say that a Prairie Spirit School Division bus crossing Highway 34 was struck by a northbound car. The school bus tipped over as a result of the impact.
The school bus was occupied by the 59-year-old male driver and six children. All sustained minor injuries. The occupants of the car, a 60-year-old female driver and two youth passengers, also sustained minor injuries.
RCMP report that the parents of all the children were notified shortly after the crash.
