Twelve people were injured after a Mississauga transit bus driver veered into oncoming traffic on a Toronto highway, collided with a vehicle, and crashed into the ditch, Report informs referring to CTV News.
Emergency crews were called to the area of Highway 27 and Dixon Road at 11:04 a.m. for reports of a collision.
According to a news release, the bus driver was traveling southbound on the highway south of Dixon Road when they entered the road and hit a Silver Toyota, Rav 4 that was traveling northbound on Highway 27, south of Dixon Road. Police said that the bus driver crossed into the southbound lanes on Highway 27 and collided with the Rav 4.
Speaking to reporters at the scene, Sgt. Murray Campbell said the operator then continued traveling the wrong way before ending up in the ditch.
The bus driver sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, and was transported to a trauma center.
The driver of the northbound vehicle was also transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Campbell said.
Two passengers on the bus also sustained minor injuries, non-life-threatening, police said in a release.