Child dead, 19 injured after school bus rolls over in Quebec

By Canadian Press on March 7, 2026.

SAINTE-ROSE-DE-WATFORD, QUÉBEC — A child is dead and 19 others were injured after a school bus overturned in southeastern Quebec.

Provincial police say four people sustained serious injuries, but none are immediately life-threatening.

Another 15 sustained minor injuries, police say.

Frédéric Deshaies, a spokesperson for Quebec provincial police, says the bus was travelling south on a local road in Sainte-Rose-de-Watford when it slipped to the left before tipping over, possibly due to difficult road conditions.

Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

Sainte-Rose-de-Watford is a small community of 737, 35 kilometres from Saint-Georges near the U.S. border.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 7, 2026.

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