Driver and multiple students involved in bus rollover near Milo
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VULCAN COUNTY – The driver and eight passengers aboard a Palliser school bus that rolled into a ditch in Vulcan County, due to icy conditions, were taken to hospital on Friday (Oct. 7) afternoon.
A release from the regional school division says the incident happened around 1-pm, just east of Highway 23 near Milo. Fortunately, everyone in the bus was able to escape after it came to a rest on its side in the ditch, and were picked up by another Palliser bus travelling nearby.
Parents and emergency personnell were contacted right away. The students on-board were heading home from County Central High School and Prairieview Elementary School.
Three students were transported to a Calgary hospital for further treatment, while the driver and remaining students were taken to the Vulcan hospital as a precaution.
