Major Injuries In Bus Vs Pedestrian Collision

(WASAGA BEACH, ON.) – On January 6, 2017 at approximately 7:20 p.m., members of the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Wasaga Beach Fire Department and the Simcoe County Paramedic Service responded to a motor vehicle collision (MVC) involving a transit bus and a pedestrian on River Road East.

An initial OPP investigation with the assistance of OPP Central Region Technical Traffic Collision Investigation (TTCI) Unit revealed that a pedestrian had ran onto the roadway to get a dog this pedestrian was then subsequently struck by a transit bus.

This pedestrian a 25 year old female from Wasaga Beach was transported to Toronto hospital with major life threatening injures.

The investigation into this collision is ongoing.

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Members of the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are committed to public safety, delivering proactive and innovative policing in partnership with our communities. Officers value your contribution to building safe communities.

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