Two dead, several hurt in Montreal bus accident

Police officers survey the scene where two people where killed in a collision between a bus and two cars in Montreal;Tuesday;August 14;2012. The accident between the city bus and two cars occurred late during rush hour at an intersection in an industrial park in the municipality of Dorval;near the Montreal airport.

DORVAL, Que. - Two people were killed in a violent collision that flipped a city bus onto its side and injured several other people Tuesday.

The accident between the city bus and two cars occurred late during rush hour at an intersection in an industrial park in the municipality of Dorval, near the Montreal airport.

Police said two people were declared dead on the scene - a woman passenger in a BMW, and someone who was ejected from the city bus. Two other people were seriously injured and at least a half-dozen others were slightly hurt.

The accident occurred at 6 p.m. A multitude of ambulances rushed to the scene, along with about a dozen other emergency vehicles. The road was closed off.

Those with serious injuries were whisked away to hospital. Police originally reported about 12 minor injuries and revised that number downward later.

The force of the crash flipped the bus over, onto the lawn of a commercial property.

Two smashed cars lay nearby. On one car, the impact was so hard that the engine block was pushed inside the vehicle.

"It was clearly a major impact," said Bob Lamle, spokesman for the city ambulance service.

"The vehicles have major frontal damage and the first car, the front end is almost cut off."

There were about 14 people riding on the bus.