School bus lands in ditch

(Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston, File)

RIDEAU LAKES TOWNSHIP – A school bus ended up in the ditch Tuesday (Jan. 10) but fortunately there were no injuries.

Leeds County O.P.P. say the single vehicle crash happened just after 4 p.m. on Opinicon Road in Rideau Lakes Township.

There were five students on the bus at the time, none of whom were injured, police said.

The bus belonged to Howard Bus Service Ltd. of Athens, Ont.

The wintry weather continued today (Wednesday) as school buses were cancelled for Leeds-Grenville for the Upper Canada District School Board and the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario.