A bus driver has been charged with homicide after he plowed a big bus right into a day care middle exterior Montreal, killing two kids on Wednesday morning, the police stated.

The police stated that six different kids have been injured when the driving force crashed into the day care middle in Laval, simply exterior Montreal.

The police stated that they didn’t know what brought about the driving force to crash into the middle and that an investigation was underway.

The motive force, who’s 51, was charged with careless driving and murder, the police stated. His identify was not instantly made public however the police stated he was an worker of the native transit company.

Hamdi Ben Chaabane, who stated he lives close to the day care, informed The Montreal Gazette that he and several other different folks tried to subdue the bus driver after the crash. He stated the driving force was screaming, opened the bus door and began eradicating his garments.

“We needed to hit him to subdue him, and we received him on the bottom, after which the police put {the handcuffs} on him,” Mr. Ben Chaabane informed The Gazeette.

The police stated {that a} disaster middle had been arrange for fogeys and others to reunite with the youngsters, as horror unfold all through the neighborhood.

Stéphane Boyer, the mayor of Laval, stated on Twitter that he was on the scene, assembly with households.

“I’m shocked by this information,” he wrote. “The investigation into this tragic sequence of occasions is ongoing. My assist goes out to oldsters in these tough occasions. Laval is wholeheartedly with you and will likely be there for you.”

François Legault, the Quebec premier, stated in French at a information convention that he was considering of the youngsters and fogeys affected and the staff of the day care middle.

“We are going to supply the dad and mom all the assistance we’re able to giving them,” Mr. Legault stated. “However clearly, as a father, I’m shaken and I discover this difficult, and I can perceive the anguish that they’re dwelling via in the intervening time.”

The transit company, the Société de Transport de Laval, stated in an announcement that it couldn’t touch upon the crash, citing the persevering with investigation.

“Our energies are at the moment centered on cooperating with the investigation and taking good care of our workers,” the company stated.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada wrote on Twitter that his “coronary heart is with the folks of Laval at the moment.”

“No phrases can take away the ache and worry that folks, kids, and employees are feeling — however we’re right here for you,” he wrote. “I’m preserving everybody affected by this unfathomable, tragic occasion in my ideas.”

William Lamb and Vjosa Isai contributed reporting.