Parents from Berens River are in Winnipeg to be with students injured in a school crash bus Saturday afternoon.
The crash happened in the Interlake region, along Highway 234, about two kilometers south of Pine Dock.
In a phone call with CTV News Sunday, Berens River Chief Hartley Everett said two people were seriously injured.
He said he’s still gathering information, but says people involved in the crash told him one boy had his legs pinned under the bus.
He also said one of the chaperones involved in the crash has a serious back injury and went under surgery.
Everett said he’s thankful everyone survived.
Kaleb Everett, 10, was sitting in the middle in the school bus.
He remembers hearing a chaperone say 'brace yourself' just before the bus tipped over.
“I was panicking when I woke up,” said Kaleb. "I was laying down on the bottom -- squished.”
He said he two kids ended up on top of him.
On Sunday, Kaleb’s arm was in a sling. He also had two sprained fingers, and couple of scrapes on his head.
Frontier School Division said there is a report of one girl who was thrown from the bus. There is also report one boy was pinned under the bus.
It says the students in the crash are in Grades 4 to 9, and are between the ages of 10 and 15.
The division says the road was slippery and the driver was going about 60 kilometres per hour, but slowed down before the crash.
“We are very careful about that and this is one of those accidents you never want to see again,” said Chief Supt. Reg Klassen.
The division says it's been a challenge coordinating with parents located in a fly-in community and patients spread throughout the province.
Kaleb said he feels lucky he wasn’t seriously hurt.
He’s happy his mom made it to Winnipeg and is looking forward to going home soon.
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According to one cottager who attended the scene, the crash happened around 1 p.m.
The Interlake Eastern Regional Health Authority said a disaster management team responded after a call from a passerby at 1:40 p.m.
A local representative from a nearby community said the children were taking part in a fiddle jamboree and were on their way to the airport at the time of the crash.
Everett said 10 parents flew to Winnipeg and travelled to various hospitals and medical clinics in Arborg, Gimli, and Health Sciences.
He said some children have since been transferred from the regional hospitals to Winnipeg.
Saturday and Sunday the division helped organized flights for concerned parents from Berens River to be with kids in the crash further south.
Klassen said having patients dispersed to various hospitals and having parents so far away made coordinating a challenge.
He said he's thankful no one has any life threatening injuries.
