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School bus crashes in Middle Sackville, no students on board

RCMP responded to a collision involving a school bus on Wednesday afternoon. No students were on board, but RCMP say the bus driver experienced a medical emergency, which they believe caused the crash.

RCMP say the bus driver experienced a medical emergency

A school bus is seen crashed into a white car and a home.
A school bus crashed into a home on Executive Drive in Middle Sackville, N.S., on Nov. 20, 2024. (Submitted)

A school bus crashed into several parkedvehicles and a house on Tuesday afternoon in Middle Sackville, N.S., after the driver had a medical emergency.

RCMP responded to the collision on Executive Drive at approximately 1:40 p.m.

No students were on board, according to Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay.

A yellow school bus crashed into a white car in front of a home.
Witnesses say the bus rolled down a hill and crashed into multiple vehicles. (Caught On Dashcam Nova Scotia/Facebook)

Tremblay said the male bus driver was taken to hospital by ambulance and he didn't have any information about the man's condition.

Terry Biles, who lives next door to the home that was struck, witnessed the accident and jumped into action.

He said he and another person pulled the driver out of the bus and realized the manwas experiencing what they believed to be symptoms of a heart attack.

Biles said they did CPR on him until paramedics arrived.

the outside of a damaged house. The porch and outdoor stairs are destroyed.
Damage to a home on Executive Drive following a school bus crash. (Josh Hoffman/CBC)

"I'm a veteran, so I guess that operational mindset kicked in, and I just went into game mode," said Bilesat the scene.

Tremblay could not say which school the bus was serving, or which company the driver works for.

He said up to four vehicles were struck and there were no other known injuries.

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