MISSION, B.C. — Emergency Health Services says paramedics are responding to a school bus crash in Mission, B.C.
Spokeswoman Shannon Miller says emergency responders received a report of the crash at about 3:15 p.m. this afternoon.
She says 14 students were on board and all are believed to be in stable condition.
She could not say if anyone was taken to hospital, but said five paramedic units responded to the collision.
The incident occurred on a rural part of Mission on Stave Lake Road.
Drive BC, the province's online travel information system, says Highway 1 between Revelstoke and Golden is closed until at least 8 p.m. for avalanche control and no detour is available.
The police service says that over the next 4 1/2 hours, there were another 78 unfounded calls, many claiming someone was in distress, and using fictitious names and addresses.
On December 29th at approximately 7:20 am Surrey RCMP responded to a collision involving a pedestrian and an Acura CSX sedan at the intersection of 152 Street and 68 Avenue.
The health authority filed its response to the statement of claim in B.C. Supreme Court in early December.
He said Handlen had no need to continue working for a supposed crime group set up in a RCMP sting operation because he had lots of work as a handyman.
The woman's three-year-old child remains in hospital in stable condition and is expected to be released early next week.