Two children dead after bus rams into Quebec nursery

Two children were killed and six others were injured erstwhile a autobus rammed into a nursery successful Quebec, Canada, constabulary say.

The 51-year-old autobus driver, who was an worker of the section nationalist transit system, has been arrested and charged with homicide and reckless driving.

Police told the BBC they were archetypal alerted to the clang astatine astir 08:30 section clip (13:00 GMT) connected Wednesday.

The nonstop circumstances of the incident, which happened successful the Montreal suburb of Laval, are unclear.

"We bash not cognize wherefore helium did it, and the motive of the transgression close present is inactive nether investigation," Laval constabulary spokeswoman Erika Landry said.

One eyewitness, Hamdi Ben Chaabane, said the operator exited the autobus aft the crash, took disconnected his apparel and began acting erratically.

Some children were caught nether the vehicle's wheels, helium said. "It was a nightmare. It's horrible. He didn't halt yelling. He wasn't saying words."

The nursery is located connected a quiescent cul-de-sac successful Laval and constabulary cordoned disconnected the country connected Wednesday afternoon.

A situation centre has been acceptable up adjacent to assistance parents and families, constabulary said.

Quebec Premier François Legault told section media: "All my thoughts are with the children, with the parents and with the employees."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is from Montreal, said his thoughts were "with families successful Laval who are surviving incredibly hard moments. We anticipation that everyone volition beryllium OK".