{"id":485417,"date":"2026-02-19T13:58:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485417\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:58:05","slug":"bus-driver-charged-in-crash-that-injured-10-people-in-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485417\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus driver charged in crash that injured 10 people in Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bus driver for Brampton Transit faces eight counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and one count of dangerous operation causing bodily harm following a crash that sent 10 people to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Peel Regional Police announced the charges after investigating the Feb. 4 incident that happened just before 3 p.m. at Queen Street East and Hansen Road North.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the person charged is a 58-year-old woman, but have not released her name.<\/p>\n<p>A dash cam video widely circulated online shows a minivan entering the intersection and is almost immediately broadsided by an articulated rapit transit Z\u00fcm bus. The minivan is pushed forward while the bus swerves to the left into oncoming traffic and comes to a rest in a parking lot snowbank.<\/p>\n<p>Ten people were injured and taken to the hospital, but none of the injuries were considered serious.<\/p>\n<p>The intersection was subsequently closed to traffic for several hours after the crash.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771439772_908_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Brampton City bus blows red light and slams into a van, sending 10 people to the hospital. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gO6rDAipKD\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gO6rDAipKD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 YEGWAVE (@yegwave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yegwave\/status\/2019774586162741660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 64,392 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,229,908 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    2990 VOTES<br \/>\n    Should bike lanes stay or be removed?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bus driver for Brampton Transit faces eight counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-485417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brampton","8":"tag-brampton","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}