School bus driver charged after pedestrian hit in crosswalk
Police have charged a 25-year-old man after a school bus struck a woman in a marked crosswalk
Bus driver's windshield was obstructed by frost, police say
Halifax Regional Police have charged a school bus driver after a pedestrian was hit in a marked crosswalk Thursday morning.
In an email, police spokesperson Cst. John MacLeod said officers responded to the collision at the corner of Larry Uteck Boulevard and Southgate Drive around 8 a.m.
He said the 25-year-old man driving the school bus struck the woman while he turned left onto Southgate Drive. The woman was in a marked crosswalk.
MacLeod said the bus wasn't carrying students at the time and the 22-year-old woman was treated at the scene by paramedics.
He said the driver was issued summary offence tickets for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk and for driving with a windshield obstructed by frost.
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