Minivan crashes into Alta. school classroom
Posted October 25, 2012 1:59 pm.
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One person is being air-lifted to a hospital in Edmonton after a minivan crashed into a classroom at a school in eastern Alberta.
A spokesman with the province’s air ambulance service Cam Heke did not know the condition or age of the patient.
RCMP said the van crashed into a classroom at Racette Junior High School in St. Paul, east of Edmonton, about 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
Heke said there are reports of other injuries, but did not know how serious they are. Helicopters were initially sent from both Edmonton and Calgary but the Calgary chopper was told to stand down.
Glen Brodziak, superintendent of St. Paul Education, said the school has been evacuated and students have been sent to other schools.
“There is a giant hole in the side of the school about the size of a minivan,” said Renee Frechette, a reporter with the local radio station CHSP.
She said ambulance, police and fire crews were all on scene. Anxious parents were also stopping by to find out about their children.
She said the road next to the crash site appeared icy but couldn’t say whether it played a role in the crash.
