Ten people were injured when a school bus carrying 36 adults rolled over on a Highway 401 off-ramp south of Chatham on Sunday.
The bus rolled on its side on the westbound off-ramp at Bloomfield Road in Chatham-Kent at about 11 a.m., OPP Sgt. Ed Sanchuk said in video posted on X.
Ten people on the bus carrying 36 adult passengers were taken to hospital for treatment as a precaution, Sanchuk said.
A portable triage tent was set up beside the bus lying on its side on a slope and patients could be seen being brought to ambulances for transport to hospital.
Chatham-Kent firefighters stand at the rear of a school bus that rolled on its side after veering off a Highway 401 exit ramp at Bloomfield Road south of Chatham on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. Ten of the 36 adult passengers were taken to hospital, OPP said. (Ellwood Shreve/Chatham Daily News)
Fannie Vavoulis, a spokesperson for Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, said patients were being seen and treated.
“We want to thank our physicians, staff, EMS, (Chatham-Kent police) and (Chatham-Kent) fire,” Vavoulis said.
A man wearing a priest collar, who briefly spoke with The Chatham News at the scene, said the bus was arriving from Toronto with people coming to visit him. He then got into the passenger side of a waiting vehicle and left.
The ramp has reopened and the investigation is continuing.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or has any information such as dashcam footage that could assist OPP investigators is asked to call Elgin County OPP at 1-888-310-1122, Sanchuk said.
“I would just like to take this opportunity to thank the good Samaritans who stopped to provide assistance,” he said. “You definitely made a very difficult situation a little bit easier.”
First responders stand outside a portable triage tent set up to treat people injured when a school bus rolled over while exiting Highway 401 at Bloomfield Road on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (Ellwood Shreve/Chatham Daily News)
Ellwood Shreve has worked as a reporter in the community since 1993, joining The Chatham News in 2002, covering a wide range of stories. He can be reached at eshreve@postmedia.com.
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