On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at approximately 8:10 a.m., members from the East Algoma OPP and other services responded to a collision on Highway 17 in the Town of Spanish.
The investigation determined that a school bus and a transport were both travelling eastbound on Highway 17.
The school bus was stopped with its lights activated, and the stop arm fully extended when the CMV rear-ended the bus.
There were no reported injuries to the 26 students on board the bus, the bus driver or the CMV driver.
One lane has opened on Highway 17.
As a result of the investigation, the commercial motor vehicle driver, a 27-year-old from Winnipeg, Manitoba, was arrested and charged with careless driving and failure to stop for a school bus.
The accused is to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Blind River on August 18, 2026
