Police in western Quebec say a driver has been arrested after almost crashing into a school bus near La Pêche Friday morning. MRC des Collines de l'Outaouais police said the bus was on chemin Edelweiss when, at around 6:45 a.m.
, the bus driver narrowly avoided being hit head-on by a driver headed in the wrong direction. No children were on the bus at the time. The driver of the wrong-way vehicle, a woman in her 40s, was arrested in Wakefield a short time later.
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