City Bus Hits Tree, Minor Injuries Reported

A city bus which struck a tree Tuesday afternoon on the Southeast Hill. (Photo Alex McCuaig)

A city bus crash on an icy stretch of road resulted in only minor injuries Tuesday afternoon.

Police on scene said those injuries were treated on-scene following the collision between the westbound bus and a tree on Sixth Street between Belfast and Cambridge streets in the Southeast Hill neighbourhood.

A bus bench lies precariously after a Sixth Street resident says a car struck it Tuesday morning just metres away from the bus collision. (Photo Alex McCuaig)

The accident occurred around 3:15 say police.

A resident who lives nearby the accident said it was the third incident he witnessed Tuesday on that block of Sixth Street. The man said he saw a car colliding with a bus bench at around 6 a.m. followed by him witnessing a Jeep slide sideways along the same section of road.

The resident added the road had been graded recently but the snow buildup hadn’t been cleared from the street.

Police, fire and EMS along with MH Transit officials are still at the scene as of 4:30 p.m. with traffic being detoured.