Update - April 13th, 2016 2:40pm: Members of the Traffic Management Unit have concluded the investigation. An adult male operating a pick-up truck on the travelled porting of the roadway struck a child. The child suffered serious non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the truck is not directly at fault for the cause of the collision. At the time of the incident his driver’s license was expired. Therefore he is charged with operating a motor vehicle with no license, an offence under the Highway Traffic Act.
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Update - April 13th, 2016 11:20am: The mother of the 11yr old boy stuck by a vehicle yesterday evening says that her son suffered two broken legs as a result of the incident requiring surgery, that the surgery went well and he has a good chance of making a full recovery.
She says that she does not blame the driver of the vehicle that struck her son and that it was not their fault. The boy simply forgot to check for traffic in his haste to cross the road and the driver attempted to stop but was unable to fully stop in time. His injuries were minimized by the efforts of the driver.
She also offered praise to the paramedics for keeping her son calm and quickly transporting the boy to Health Science North and both the bus driver that witnessed the collision and the driver of the vehicle for comforting her son while they waited for emergency services.
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Update - April 13th, 2016 7:00am: Police have confirmed that the victim is an 11yr old boy and it's appears that he suffer two broken legs. The complete extent of his injuries is unknown.
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Update - April 12th, 2016 4:55pm: Further investigation on scene has determined that the child was not actually on the school bus but he was walking along the side of the road when he was struck and the driver of the school bus was a witness who stopped at the accident scene.
The status of the child is unknown time but witnesses say that an ambulance was seen travelling with a police escort. We can not confirm with certainty the events are related but our thoughts are with the victim and their family at this time
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The Greater Sudbury Police Service is currently on scene at a collision wherein an 11 year old child exited a school bus and was struck by a vehicle. The exact extent of injuries are not known at this time. This occurred on Regional Road 15. It is currently closed to all traffic at RR#15 at Montee Principal and RR#15 at Methe Street. Please use and alternate route for the next few hours.
We'll provide updates as they before available.