By Canadian Press

CP NewsAlert: 11 people sent to hospital in school bus crash in Burnaby, B.C.,

Nov 9, 2023 | 10:41 AM

BURNABY, B.C. — Eleven people have been sent to hospital after a school bus crashed into a home in Burnaby, B.C.

BC Emergency Health Services says in a statement that all 11 patients are in stable condition. 

Health services says the call came in just before 8 a.m. today about the accident. 

Police have asked drivers to avoid a busy stretch of Canada Way.

Photos on social media show the bus wedged into the front of a home at the corner of Canada Way and 16th Avenue. 

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The 24-seat bus appears to have smashed through a low brick wall then through the front wall and windows of the home.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 9, 2023. 

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