Driver, students hurt after school bus hits abandoned trailer in Cape Breton
ENGLISHTOWN, N.S. — A trucker who left a broken-down trailer on a Cape Breton highway was being questioned by police Friday after it was hit by a school bus taking children to class, seriously injuring the bus driver and leaving numerous students with minor injuries.
Eleven high school students were on the bus when it came upon the trailer at 8:08 a.m. Friday as it approached the crest of Kelly’s Mountain near Englishtown, N.S.
The trailer had been abandoned the previous night, said RCMP Const. Eric Latwaitis.
“It was a two-lane area, with a passing lane and a slow lane,” he said.