School bus driver charged after pedestrian hit in crosswalk

Halifax Regional Police have charged a school bus driveraftera pedestrian was hit in a marked crosswalk Thursday morning.

In an email, police spokesperson Cst. John MacLeod said officers responded to the collision at the corner of Larry Uteck Boulevard and Southgate Drive around8 a.m.

He said the 25-year-old man driving theschool bus struck thewoman while he turnedleft onto SouthgateDrive. The woman was in a marked crosswalk.

MacLeod said the bus wasn't carrying students at the time and the 22-year-old woman was treated at the scene by paramedics.

He said the driver was issued summary offence tickets for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk and for driving with a windshield obstructed by frost.

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