British scouts released from hospital after bus crash in Ont.

Canwest News Service Published:Â Friday, August 08, 2008 NORLAND, Ont. - All 10 teenagers injured after a tour bus carrying a British scout group collided head-on with a tractor-trailer have been released from hospital and are recovering, the Scout Association said Friday. The crash closed Highway 35, about 80 kilometres north of Peterborough, Ont., for several hours on Thursday. The group of 102 scouts and their leaders from West Lancashire, U.K., were travelling to Toronto in two buses when one of the buses collided with an oncoming tractor-trailer at about 1:20 p.m. The bus landed partially on its side in a ditch. The passengers sustained a number of non-life-threatening injuries, including bruises, cuts, whiplash and shock. Ten teenagers, aged 14 to 18, were taken to hospital. Nine of them were released after a few hours,... [read full story]