People Injured in Deadly Ottawa Bus Crash Are Improving, Hospital Says

Those critically injured when a double-decker city bus crashed into a transit shelter in Ottawa on Jan. 11 have started getting better, a local hospital said Jan. 13. The patients who had been listed in critical condition are now considered to be in serious condition, the Ottawa Hospital said in a tweet. Three were killed and 23 hurt when a double-decker city bus hopped a curb and collided with the shelter, taking a chunk out of the vehicle’s second level and crushing several seats.

Transport Canada officials look at the scene where a double-decker city bus struck a transit shelter at the start of the afternoon rush hour on Jan. 11, at Westboro Station in Ottawa, on Jan. 12, 2019. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

OTTAWA—Those critically injured when a double-decker city bus crashed into a transit shelter in Ottawa on Jan. 11 have started getting better, a local hospital said Jan. 13.

The patients who had been listed in critical condition are now considered to be in serious condition, the Ottawa Hospital said in a tweet.