Alberta students hurt after car crashes into classroom
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Some Racette Junior High School students were hurt when a vehicle plowed into their classroom at the Glen Avon School building in St. Paul, Alta. Thursday (Courtesy St. Paul Journal) Were you at the school? Send us your stories, photos and video
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Several students at a school in St. Paul, Alta., were injured after a mini-van crashed into a classroom this morning.
At about 9:30 a.m. the driver of a mini van went off the road and drove into the side of Racette Junior High Shool, said RCMP.
St. Paul RCMP lead a suspect from the crash scene Thursday. (St. Paul Journal)The vehicle went through the walls of Racette's Grade 6 French classroom, housed temporarily in the old Glen Avon School building, said police.
Some students were taken to hospital, but one child was pinned beneath the vehicle and was badly hurt, police said.
"I know there is a vehicle inside the school right now," Robin Tremblay told CBC News, a woman near the scene.
The vehicle is completely in the classroom and can no longer be seen from the street, she said.
"I just see broken windows. It's wide open, it's definitely wide open. People running in and out, like firefighters and police officers."
Tremblay's friend was in the classroom above the accident scene at the time, she said.
"She's really stressed and scared. She's been texting her mom telling her she's OK. She said it sounded like an earthquake."
"Seen two stretchers come out," she said. "Pretty sure a larger stretcher and two smaller stretchers.
"I'm hoping everybody's OK. I'm praying nobody's seriously injured."
St. Paul is about 215 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.
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