Four people hurt after pickup collides with rear of school bus in Nova Scotia

OYSTER POND, N.S. — Three children and an adult were sent to hospital after a pickup truck rear-ended a school bus Wednesday on a rural highway east of Halifax.

RCMP said the children and the driver did not sustain serious injuries and have since been released from hospital.

The crash happened at 3:45 p.m. on Highway 7 near Oyster Pond, N.S., about a hour’s drive east of Halifax.

The highway remained closed to traffic for just under two hours.