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Boy dies after being struck by school bus in Almonte, Ont.
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A nine-year-old boy has died after being struck by a school bus full of other kids in Almonte, Ont., according to Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
On Wednesday afternoon, the police service said on X that it was investigating a serious collision on Paterson Street.
At the scene, OPP officer Corey Noonan said the boy who died was a student of R. Tait McKenzie Public School on Paterson Street and was riding a bike at the time of the collision around 3:40 p.m.
Police have notified his family.
CBC has contacted the Upper Canada District School Board, which represents the school.
Almonte is located about 50 kilometres southwest of Ottawa and is part of the Township of Mississippi Mills.
The OPP said Paterson Street, which is also home to another school, will be closed for several hours while police investigate. The public is being asked to avoid the area.
