Seven people hurt after OC Transpo bus crashes into ditch on Hwy. 174

Seven people suffered injuries when an OC Transpo bus veered off Highway 174 in Ottawa's east end and into a ditch.

An OC Transpo bus with 30 passengers on board veered off Highway 174 and into a ditch in Ottawa's east end, injuring seven people onboard the articulated bus.

Emergency crews responded to the crash on Hwy. 174, between Montreal Road and Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard, just after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The crash caused significant traffic delays on the eastbound lanes of the highway from the crash area to the Hwy. 417/174 split for the Wednesday afternoon commute.

Photos show an articulated OC Transpo bus in the ditch on the side of the highway, with damage to the front windshield.

Paramedics say seven people on the bus were transported to hospital in stable condition, all with non-life-threatening injuries. Paramedics initially said five people were treated for injuries.

In a statement to CTV News Ottawa, OC Transpo says the Transit Operations Control Centre received a report at approximately 2:15 p.m. of a bus involved in an incident, "that resulted in the bus veering off the road."

"The bus was in service at the time of the incident and there were approximately 30 customers on board," Troy Charter, Director of Transit Service Delivery and Rail Operations, said in a statement to CTV News Ottawa.