Child injured, driver trapped after bus collision with truck in Minyip
A child has been injured and a bus driver was trapped after a school bus collided with a truck and flipped in Victoria's northwest.
Police understand the incident occurred at the intersection of Warracknabeal-Stawell Rd and Minyip-Dimboola Rd in Minyip about 8.30am on Thursday.
'Three children and one woman were evacuated from the bus,' a police spokesman told NewsWire.
One child sustained minor injuries.
Emergency services have since freed the bus driver, who was trapped for more than an hour.
The truck driver sustained minor injuries in the incident.
'Police will investigate the circumstances surrounding the collision,' police said.
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