Child dead, 17 injured after school bus rolls over in Quebec

By Canadian Press on March 7, 2026.

SAINTE-ROSE-DE-WATFORD, QUÉBEC — A child is dead and 17 others were injured after a school bus carrying local children overturned Saturday morning in southeastern Quebec.

Provincial police say four people sustained serious injuries, including the bus driver, but none of the injuries are immediately life-threatening.

Another 13 sustained minor injuries, police say.

Frédéric Deshaies, a spokesperson for Quebec provincial police, says the bus was travelling south on a local road in Sainte-Rose-de-Watford when it slipped to the left before tipping over, possibly due to difficult road conditions.

Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

Sainte-Rose-de-Watford is a small community of 737, 35 kilometres from Saint-Georges near the U.S. border.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 7, 2026.

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