Fatal School Bus Collision

(LONDON, ON) – Police are investigating a single-vehicle collision, involving a school bus on Highway 401 in London.

Members of the Middlesex Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with the London Police Service, London-Middlesex Paramedic Services, and the London Fire Department, responded to a single-vehicle collision on Highway 401 westbound, west of Veterans Memorial Parkway, in the City of London.

At approximately 9:40 a.m., emergency services were called to the scene involving a school bus carrying 42 passengers, including secondary school-aged students. The bus left the roadway, resulting in a single-vehicle collision.

Four passengers were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.

The driver of the bus, a 52-year-old male from the Waterloo Region, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

With the assistance of the London Police Service, a temporary Emergency Operations Centre was established at the East Lions Community Centre to reunite passengers with their families.

The Middlesex OPP is continuing to investigate the cause of the collision with the assistance of the OPP West Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) Team.

Anyone with information regarding this collision, including dashcam footage, is asked to contact the Middlesex OPP at 1-888-310-1122.

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