Rowing scull goes through bus windshield in Shawnigan Lake crash

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Row boat through the windshield of a bus after a crash with a truck and boat trailer in Shawnigan Lake Friday morning. The bus driver suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Rowboat through the windshield of a bus after a crash with a truck and boat trailer in Shawnigan Lake Friday morning. The bus driver suffered non-life threatening injuries.

A school bus driver suffered non-life threatening injuries when a rowing scull flew through the bus windshield after colliding with a truck in Shawnigan Lake.

The boat came off a trailer towed by the truck that was occupied by three members of the Canadian Olympic men’s rowing team.

RCMP say there were 12 kids from George Bonner Elementary and École Cobble Hill on the School District 79 bus at the time.

Police say the students were shaken, but otherwise uninjured.

They were transferred to a safe location at the school.

A truck and boat trailer with members of the Canadian Olympic men's rowing team collided with a school bus near Shawnigan Lake School Friday morning.

A truck and boat trailer with members of the Canadian Olympic men’s rowing team collided with a school bus near Shawnigan Lake School Friday morning.

The driver of the truck was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

No injuries are reported for the two passengers.

Emergency crews attending a collision between a school District 79 Bus and a truck with a boat trailer from the Canadian Olympic men's rowing team on Renfrew Road in Shawnigan Lake.

Emergency crews attending a collision between a school District 79 Bus and a truck with a boat trailer from the Canadian Olympic men’s rowing team on Renfrew Road in Shawnigan Lake.

The accident happened in the 1900-block of Renfrew Road just before 8 a.m. Friday morning, near Shawnigan Lake School, closing the road between the school and Worthington Road.

The road is now open.

Row of logging trucks stuck on Renfrew Road, which is closed after the crash between a school bus and truck with boat trailer.

A row of logging trucks stuck on Renfrew Road, which was closed after a crash between a school bus and truck with a boat trailer.

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