Woman taken to hospital after collision with Halifax Transit bus
Halifax Regional Police is investigating following a collision between a Halifax Transit bus and a vehicle driven by a 31-year-old woman on the Bedford Highway Friday evening.
At approximately 6 p.m., officers said they responded to a report that the woman had collided with the bus while travelling north on Joseph Howe Drive and merging onto the Bedford Highway.
Police say the driver of the car was taken to hospital with injuries that are believed to be life-threatening.
No one on the bus was seriously injured.
A Halifax Transit bus is pulled over to the side of the road, behind pylons and police cars with roof lights flashing, after a collision.
The Bedford Highway was closed to traffic while the collision reconstruction unit investigated. The highway has since reopened.
Police say the collision remains under investigation and no charges have been laid.
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