The RCMP reports that at around 2pm on Tuesday, an “incident” occurred that caused the child to be injured. Cpl. Hans Ouellette said the RCMP was still investigating what exactly happened, but confirmed that the bus did not collide with anything. He said he could not share further details about what happened. Wellett said the girl was being treated in hospital for life-threatening injuries and the RCMP did not treat it as a criminal investigation. In a letter to parents, school principal June Leger said the district has no further information on what happened Tuesday. CBC News did not receive a response from the RCMP until late Wednesday morning. Requests for information went unanswered on Tuesday afternoon, early Wednesday night. Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton also said through a spokesperson that she has no details. The parents were notified of the incident after Anglophone East supervisor Pamela Wilson sent a letter saying “I am very sorry to inform you of an incident that took place this afternoon with students from Dorchester Consolidated School on a school bus”. “Our thoughts and hearts are with Dorchester’s families, students and staff.” Legere said the K-8 school will be open to anyone who would like to speak with a member of the training support team between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. “If your child wants to come and talk to someone, do not hesitate to bring them to school,” Legger wrote. “An incident of this nature can have an impact on many in our school community.” Around 2 a.m. Tuesday, the New Brunswick RCMP tweeted that Woodlawn Road in Dorchester was closed, with traffic diverted, “due to a collision.” Ouellette clarified on Wednesday that there was no collision and it was an incident with one vehicle and only the school bus. Two hours later, the force wrote on Twitter that the road was open again.
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The RCMP reports that at around 2pm on Tuesday, an “incident” occurred that caused the child to be injured.
Cpl. Hans Ouellette said the RCMP was still investigating what exactly happened, but confirmed that the bus did not collide with anything.
He said he could not share further details about what happened.
Wellett said the girl was being treated in hospital for life-threatening injuries and the RCMP did not treat it as a criminal investigation.
Woodlawn Road in Dorchester was closed for two hours after a school bus “incident” on Tuesday, the RCMP said. (Pierre Fornier / CBC)
In a letter to parents, school principal June Leger said the district has no further information on what happened Tuesday.
CBC News did not receive a response from the RCMP until late Wednesday morning. Requests for information went unanswered on Tuesday afternoon, early Wednesday night.
Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton also said through a spokesperson that she has no details.
The parents were notified of the incident after Anglophone East supervisor Pamela Wilson sent a letter saying “I am very sorry to inform you of an incident that took place this afternoon with students from Dorchester Consolidated School on a school bus”.
“Our thoughts and hearts are with Dorchester’s families, students and staff.”
Legere said the K-8 school will be open to anyone who would like to speak with a member of the training support team between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
“If your child wants to come and talk to someone, do not hesitate to bring them to school,” Legger wrote.
“An incident of this nature can have an impact on many in our school community.”
Around 2 a.m. Tuesday, the New Brunswick RCMP tweeted that Woodlawn Road in Dorchester was closed, with traffic diverted, “due to a collision.” Ouellette clarified on Wednesday that there was no collision and it was an incident with one vehicle and only the school bus.
Two hours later, the force wrote on Twitter that the road was open again.
