SAINTE-ROSE-DE-WATFORD, QUÉBEC – A toddler has died and 19 others had been injured after a faculty bus overturned in southeastern Quebec.
Provincial police say 4 folks sustained critical accidents, however none of these are instantly life-threatening.
One other 15 sustained minor accidents, police say.
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Frédéric Deshaies, a spokesperson for Quebec’s provincial police, says the bus was travelling south on a neighborhood highway in Sainte-Rose-de-Watford when it slipped to the left earlier than tipping over, probably on account of troublesome highway situations.
Police are investigating the reason for the crash.
Sainte-Rose-de-Watford is a small neighborhood of 737, 35 kilometres from Saint-Georges and about 130km southeast of Quebec Metropolis, close to the U.S. border.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed March 7, 2026.
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