A Greyhound bus with 40 passengers on board went off Highway 17 near Deep River, Ont., as it headed toward Ottawa early Friday morning. The driver and a passenger were taken to hospital.
The bus, which had been heading east towards Ottawa from Sudbury, crashed down an embankment about 100 metres into a wooded area.
The man driving the bus, in his 50s, suffered serious facial injuries and was taken to hospital in Deep River. A passenger in his 60s suffered minor back injuries. The other 39 people on board were checked by paramedics, who found them rattled but otherwise fine.
Passengers said they were let back into the bus to seek shelter from the rain until another bus arrived around 8 a.m. The second bus reached Ottawa around 11:30 a.m.
The highway was temporarily closed but has since reopened. OPP and Greyhound are each investigating.
"The exact cause of the incident has not yet been determined. We are fully cooperating with the local authorities on their investigation and conducting an investigation of our own," said a Greyhound spokesperson in an email.
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