Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area

1948, April 30 - Crossing Accident with school bus, CPR Brockville subdivision, one fatality

From the Ottawa Citizen  Wednesday 5 May 1948 Charge Driver Of School Bus BROCKVILLE A charge of dangerous driving will be laid against John Williams, of Fairfield East, driver of a school bus involved in an accident Friday which resulted in the death of Marjorle Dixon. 10, Crown authorities said today. The bus crashed into an Ottawa-bound CPR train seven miles north of here. The driver and eight other children escaped injury. Williams will appear in court May 12.

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