OttawaOntario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a motorist with careless driving causing bodily harm after he allegedly failed to stop for a girl who was crossing a highway after getting off her school bus near Deep River.Motorist charged with careless driving causing bodily harm, will appear in court next monthCBC News · Posted: Nov 26, 2025 2:16 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.A driver from Dorval, Que., has been charged with careless driving causing bodily harm. Police allege the driver failed to stop for a 10-year-old girl who was crossing a highway near Deep River, Ont., after getting off his bus. The girl suffered minor injuries. (OPP/Facebook)Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a motorist with careless driving causing bodily harm after he allegedly failed to stop for a girl who was crossing a highway after getting off her school bus near Deep River.The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. on Highway 17 in the area of Rolphton, a smaller community west of Deep River.The 10-year-old girl suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital. She had just gotten off a westbound school bus and was crossing the road when she was struck. The bus’s red flashing lights and stop arm were activated, OPP said Wednesday. The driver of the car, who is from Dorval, Que., is charged with careless driving causing bodily harm and failing to stop for a school bus with its lights activated.Police released him from custody and he’s due in court in Pembroke on Dec. 15.Rolphton is not far from Mattawa, where five year old Adam Ranger was fatally hit by a truck pulling a trailer after Ranger got off his school bus in front of his home in February 2000. Billboards with Ranger’s face on them, reminding drivers to stop for buses, line various parts of the highway. CorrectionsA previous version of the story incorrectly identified the child who was struck as a boy.Nov 27, 2025 10:53 AM EST
Girl injured after exiting school bus near Deep River, driver charged
