A video provided to the CBC by an SUV driver appears to show a school bus striking his vehicle after running a red light in Windsor, Ont.An image taken from dash-cam video shows the moment of the school bus-SUV crash in Windsor, Ont., on June 19. A school bus carrying three students ran a red light before crashing into an SUV at a Windsor, Ont., intersection last week, a video provided by the SUV driver appears to show.
The students weren't hurt, according to a spokesperson for the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board. " hit my SUV straight up ... T-boned me and the car flew ... right at the utility pole, and then that's when we came to a stop," he said.The SUV stopped when it hit a utility pole following the collision, says driver Mounish Katragadda. The Windsor Police Service said the bus driver was charged with running a red light. First Student, the school bus company that employs the driver, said it has put the driver on leave.
Katragadda said the fire department arrived about two minutes after the collision and police came a short time later. He said he never had contact with the bus driver.Katragadda said he was travelling with his brother in the passenger seat and his wife was in the rear passenger seat when the collision occurred.Katragadda stands beside the replacement vehicle he got from the dealership following the collision. He says his SUV is a write-off.