Two children are dead and six are injured after BUS crashes into Montreal daycare center

Two children are dead, and six are injured after a bus driver crashed into a daycare center in Canada on Wednesday.

Witnesses watched as the unidentified 51-year-old driver plowed into the building and into a group of 12 people at 8.30am. One child was pronounced dead at the scene.

Parents rushed to help the children stuck under the bus after they were run over, CBC reported. The six children injured are currently in the hospital and expected to survive.

The cause of the crash wasn’t revealed but witnesses said the driver acted ‘erratic’ following the incident. He was arrested and charged with homicide.

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Two children are dead and six are injured after a bus plowed into a daycare in Laval, Quebec on Saturday. About 12 people total were injured, and the six children are expected to survive

The driver, 51, was arrested and charged with homicide after the horrific event

Dr. Marc Girard, Sainte-Justine Hospital director, confirmed the children injured were in pre-school with at least two female and two male victims, the news outlet reported.

Girard added the children were conscious and suffered traumatic injuries.

Police revealed at an afternoon press conference that the bus driver has been employed at Societe de transport de Laval for 10 years and has no prior criminal history.

‘As of now, we don’t know the motive for the crime,’ police spokeswoman Erika Landry said.

Meanwhile, Laval mayor Stephane Boyer speculated the crash wasn’t an accident. 

‘There is a theory that it was an intentional act, but that remains to be confirmed by the investigation,’ Boyer added. 

Parents anxiously waited outside the daycare center following the incident. The motive of the crash is unclear but officials speculate it wasn’t an accident