Several hurt after bus carrying swimmers collides with heavy truck in Quebec
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Quebec provincial police say they were called to the crash on Thursday afternoon as a winter storm brought heavy snow across the province.
Several people were recovering from injuries on Friday after a bus carrying a junior swim team collided with a heavy truck in Quebec’s Laurentians region during a snowstorm.
Quebec provincial police say they were called to the crash in Mont-Laurier, Que., on Thursday afternoon as a winter storm brought heavy snow across the province.
Police say six people were hospitalized out of about 30 on board, and their injuries are not life-threatening. The investigation into the crash is ongoing, but a provincial police spokesman said the bad weather could have played a role.
A swim club in northwestern Quebec confirmed in a Facebook post that its swimmers had been involved in the collision while travelling to a competition near Montreal.
“The Val-d’Or Marsouins swimming club was shaken this Thursday, Feb. 13 following an accident involving the bus that was taking us to the Junior Quebec Cup in Blainville,” club president Normand Pouliot wrote. “Our 25 swimmers, head coach, parents and bus driver are out of danger.”
Pouliot said most of the victims had only suffered minor injuries and would return to Val d’Or on Friday, adding that some of the more seriously injured had needed surgery.
Francis Ménard, the head of Quebec’s swim federation, says the injured include five swimmers between the ages of 12 and 17, as well as a coach. Some of them suffered fractures, he added.
Ménard said the initial shock around the accident has turned into a wave of solidarity for the injured swim team members, including a minute of applause at the competition on Friday morning.
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