LAURENTIAN HILLS TWP. — A Quebec man is facing charges after a child who had just exitted a school bus was hit by a car on Highway 17 in the Rolphton area, west of Deep River, Tuesday.

Police said the child suffered minor injuries.

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Officers with the Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the scene on Nov. 25, 2025, around 4:30 p.m.,

According to police, a 10-year-old child had just gotten off a westbound school bus, that had its red lights flashing and its stop arm activated, and was crossing the highway when an eastbound car failed to stop and stuck the child.

The child was transported to hospital by paramedics with the County of Renfrew Paramedic Service.

At the scene, the OPP arrested a 29-year-old man from Dorval, Que

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