Thirty-one students were on board May 13 when their morning school bus collided with a tractor near St. Claude in west-central Manitoba.
Of those, eight were sent to hospital with minor injuries. Both drivers involved in the crash were also sent to hospital as a precaution, according to an RCMP report released later that day.
The RCMP said officers out of the Treherne branch were called to the site of the collision, near the junction of Road 37 West and Road 43 North a few kilometres southwest of the town, at around 9 a.m. Emergency medical crews were already on site when police arrived.
“Through their initial investigation, RCMP learned a grader travelling southbound down Road 37 West was pushing debris along the road (which was) being collected by a tractor when the school bus rear-ended the tractor,” the police statement said. “The grader was not involved in the collision.”
Students were all from Prairie Spirit School Division.
The RCMP do not believe alcohol was a factor. Investigation into the collision continues, the statement went on.
