A school bus driver has been charged in a recent collision between a Renfrew County school bus and a minivan.
Members of the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) OPP were called to the collision at the intersection of Pembroke Street East and William Street just before 4 p.m. on Wednesday (Oct. 30).
The school bus was northbound on William Street when it collided with a minivan as it attempted to cross Pembroke Street East. In addition to the driver, there were 14 elementary school-aged students on the school bus. OPP say that Renfrew County paramedics were on scene and “medically cleared all the occupants.”
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The occupants of the minivan were not injured, and it was towed from the scene.
The school bus driver, age 66, from Pembroke, faces a Highway Traffic Act charge of failing to yield to traffic on a through highway.
