{"id":85822,"date":"2026-08-11T19:06:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T23:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=85822"},"modified":"2026-08-11T19:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T23:07:24","slug":"se-opp-ontario-northland-bus-driver-charged-in-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/11\/se-opp-ontario-northland-bus-driver-charged-in-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"SE OPP &#8211; Ontario Northland Bus Driver Charged in Collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"timestamp\"><b>Aug 11, 2026 at 19:06<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>17:45 &#8211; The Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a passenger bus on Highway 17, approximately 25 kilometres north of Wawa.<\/p>\n<p>On July 11, 2026, at approximately 6:50 a.m., members of the Superior East OPP responded to a report of a passenger bus that had rolled onto its side and entered the ditch. Several passengers reported injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services attended the scene. Seventeen passengers were transported to hospital for treatment of minor injuries and were subsequently released.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the investigation, the driver of the bus has been charged with Careless Driving under the <em>Highway Traffic Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP remain at the scene while the bus is being removed. Motorists are advised to expect delays on Highway 17 and to exercise caution when travelling through the area.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who witnessed the collision or has dash-camera footage that may assist with the investigation is asked to contact the Superior East Wawa OPP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 11, 2026 at 19:06 17:45 &#8211; The Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a passenger bus on Highway 17, approximately 25 kilometres north of Wawa. On July 11, 2026, at approximately 6:50 a.m., members of the Superior East OPP responded to a report of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":32494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 21:57:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85824,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85822\/revisions\/85824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}