Halifax Regional Police have charged a school bus driver&nbsp;after&nbsp;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&nbsp;8 a.m.

He said the 25-year-old man driving the&nbsp;school bus struck the&nbsp;woman while he turned&nbsp;left onto Southgate&nbsp;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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Firefighters examine the damage from the inside Thursday morning. 

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It will be months — if not longer — before the public gets to see a consultant’s report on the province’s ambulance system.

Two ambulances wait outside a hospital emergency department.

Paramedics are seen at the Dartmouth General Hospital in Dartmouth, N.S. on Thursday, July 4, 2013. The government is recalling the legislature on Friday to deal with a labour dispute involving the province's 800 paramedics. The paramedics will be in a legal strike position at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.

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The Nova Scotia government will delay the public release of a report reviewing the ambulance system until contract negotiations are complete.

Police say the collision happened at around 8 a.m. Thursday.

School bus driver charged after pedestrian hit in crosswalk

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