Ottawa firefighters say five people crawled to safety through the roof hatch of an OC Transpo bus after a two-vehicle collision that caused the bus to flip and land in a ditch, according to Ottawa Fire Services.
While the passengers made their way to safety, firefighters crawled into the bus through the roof hatch to check on the driver before cutting through the windshield to rescue them about 10 minutes later.
Five passengers and the driver were assessed at the scene and refused to be taken to hospital, according to paramedics.
The article says the bus flipped, but under the scenario described it’s likely that it rolled. They aren’t quite the same thing, and flipping a bus would require significantly more force than rolling it. It would also leave passengers and driver in much worse condition, probably incapacitated.