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Two children are killed and six others are injured when a bus crashes into a daycare centre in Laval, Quebec, Canada. The driver is arrested and charged with homicide and dangerous driving.
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Laval daycare bus crash
2023 fatal crash in Quebec, Canada
On February 8, 2023, a bus driver crashed a Société de transport de Laval (STL) bus into a daycare in the Sainte-Rose district of Laval, Quebec, Canada, killing two children and hospitalizing six others. The driver exited the bus immediately after the crash, screaming…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Laval, Quebec
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Statutory vehicular offence in British law
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