Global News outside HSC him and around 30 of his peers were walking over a bridge in the fort when it collapsed.The student was not injured, but emergency personnel loaded most people who fell into ambulances.“And then we got to the hospital and then they did a check on everybody,” he said.A bystander, Chantel Craig, said she saw children being treated and loaded into ambulances, while the Major Incident Response Vehicle took more children from the scene.“These are kids and my heart is breaking.
I hope they’re all okay,” she said.A statement from SJR confirmed it was a group of grade 5 students involved in the accident.“There was an incident that resulted in emergency services transporting 17 members of the SJR community to hospital.
We contacted their parents and families,” said Jim Keefe, head of the school.“The remaining students and accompanying adults returned to school where faculty, staff and counsellors are caring for them.
We contacted their parents who are coming to collect them.”The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority confirmed HSC was in Code Orange in response to the incident, which is put into effect for a potential influx of patients due to an external disaster.Winnipeg police were seen outside the fort early Wednesday afternoon.Representatives from WFPS and HSC are holding a press conference at 2 p.m.