Boy in critical condition after school bus hit truck in Quebec

Another boy was seriously injured when the bus they were traveling in collided with a commercial truck Tuesday afternoon in Lyster, southwest of Quebec City.

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One child is in critical condition and another was seriously injured when the bus they were traveling in collided with a truck Tuesday afternoon in Lyster, southwest of Quebec City.

According to the Sûreté du Québec, the accident occurred at 8e rano Ouest, near Fillion Rd.

Two workers were in the bucket truck, which was parked in the side lane where they were doing maintenance work. They were not seriously injured, the SQ said.

The bus driver, in his 70s, was taken to a hospital, but his life is not in danger, police said.

“It was getting dark,” said Louis-Philippe Bibeau, a spokesman for the SQ. “The driver was traveling west. In all likelihood, he could have been blinded. “