23 injured when a Megabus and truck collide on 401

 

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As many as 23 people have been injured with four taken to hospital in a collision of a tractor trailer and a double-decker Megabus on Highway 401 near the small community of Lancaster, Ontario east of Cornwall.  A 15- year-old boy was taken by helicopter to Ottawa Civic Hospital . There were 45 people aboard the bus headed from Montreal to Toronto with a stop scheduled at Kingston. In a statement, Megabus confirmed that one of its buses was involved in the collision at approximately 2:30 p.m. Uninjured passengers were taken to Williamstown arena to await a new bus. CBC