A pickup truck and school bus collided in the RM of Portage la Prairie on Monday, May 4, 2026, sending the driver of the truck to hospital. (RCMP HANDOUT)
A school bus and pickup truck collided at a rural intersection near Portage la Prairie Monday afternoon, sending the truck’s driver to hospital.
Portage la Prairie RCMP responded to the crash at approximately 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 430 and Road 67 North in the RM of Portage la Prairie. A northbound pickup truck collided with the eastbound school bus at the intersection.
Photos from the scene show the front end of a RAM 1500 pickup pushed into the right side of the school bus.
Two teenage students and the 49-year-old male bus driver were uninjured. The driver of the truck, a 22-year-old Portage la Prairie man, was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation.
