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Turkey flies into school bus
Etobicoke students 'in state of shock'
By COREY LAROCQUE, Sun Media
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE – A bizarre accident ruffled more than a few feathers when a wild turkey flew into the side of a school bus full of Toronto students on their way to a performance at the Shaw Festival Thursday.
One girl in the group was taken to hospital as a precaution after she was hit with shattered glass as the bird came through the window, their teacher said.
“Most of the others are a bit startled,” said teacher Rey Sandre. The Grade 7 and 8 students from St. Mark’s elementary school in Etobicoke were travelling east on Regional Road 55, a bit before 11 a.m.
The bird flew out of a wooded area just west of the new public library branch. It crashed into a window in the middle of the bus.
“We were driving along the road. We heard a smash or a bang. A turkey had flown through the window," Sandre said.
"Everybody was in a state of shock.”
The driver pulled the bus to the side of the road about 100 metres from where the bird hit it. By then, the turkey was in the aisle of the bus.
The driver opened the door, and the bird got off the bus.
“The turkey just walked away,” Sandre said.
Wild turkeys look similar to farm turkeys but are smaller. Only a dozen or so dark brown feathers at the side of the road were all that remained to indicate the bird had been there in the first place.
Niagara Regional Police and two Niagara ambulances were called.
Students sat on a hill beside the library while police talked to the driver and teacher.
One girl was in tears as she paced the sidewalk.
The students talked among themselves, asking things like, “You guys OK?” and comforting each other, saying, “I know. It’s scary.”
An hour after the incident, they appeared to have calmed down. Many strolled the lawn in front of the library, talking on cellphones or sending text messages. The students were well-dressed for their class trip. Some of the girls wore dresses and some boys sported neckties.
The bus company arranged for another bus to pick them up.
Thanks to the 1970s sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati,” everyone knows farm turkeys can’t fly. But wild turkeys are capable of flying about 90 hm/h and cover more than a kilometre at a time while airborne. They can weigh as much as 10.8 kilograms (23 pounds). Males can stand about four feet tall, while females are a foot smaller, according to several websites about wild turkeys.
There have been regular wild turkey sightings recently in that part of Niagara-on-the-Lake, a few blocks from the historic Old Town section.
Frans Stevens said he noticed one on Mississauga Street near Queen Street about two months ago when he went to the post office.
“Lo and behold, there he was just walking across the street. I found it very peculiar. He was huge,” said Stevens, who was riding his bike Thursday morning and noticed the commotion with the school bus.
He said he was glad no one was seriously injured, but added he hoped no harm had come to that “magnificent-looking animal.”
Residents on the outskirts of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Old Town see plenty of wildlife including foxes, coyotes and skunks, Stevens added.
Looks like the place to hunt next spring folks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Turkey flies into school bus
Etobicoke students 'in state of shock'
By COREY LAROCQUE, Sun Media
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE – A bizarre accident ruffled more than a few feathers when a wild turkey flew into the side of a school bus full of Toronto students on their way to a performance at the Shaw Festival Thursday.
One girl in the group was taken to hospital as a precaution after she was hit with shattered glass as the bird came through the window, their teacher said.
“Most of the others are a bit startled,” said teacher Rey Sandre. The Grade 7 and 8 students from St. Mark’s elementary school in Etobicoke were travelling east on Regional Road 55, a bit before 11 a.m.
The bird flew out of a wooded area just west of the new public library branch. It crashed into a window in the middle of the bus.
“We were driving along the road. We heard a smash or a bang. A turkey had flown through the window," Sandre said.
"Everybody was in a state of shock.”
The driver pulled the bus to the side of the road about 100 metres from where the bird hit it. By then, the turkey was in the aisle of the bus.
The driver opened the door, and the bird got off the bus.
“The turkey just walked away,” Sandre said.
Wild turkeys look similar to farm turkeys but are smaller. Only a dozen or so dark brown feathers at the side of the road were all that remained to indicate the bird had been there in the first place.
Niagara Regional Police and two Niagara ambulances were called.
Students sat on a hill beside the library while police talked to the driver and teacher.
One girl was in tears as she paced the sidewalk.
The students talked among themselves, asking things like, “You guys OK?” and comforting each other, saying, “I know. It’s scary.”
An hour after the incident, they appeared to have calmed down. Many strolled the lawn in front of the library, talking on cellphones or sending text messages. The students were well-dressed for their class trip. Some of the girls wore dresses and some boys sported neckties.
The bus company arranged for another bus to pick them up.
Thanks to the 1970s sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati,” everyone knows farm turkeys can’t fly. But wild turkeys are capable of flying about 90 hm/h and cover more than a kilometre at a time while airborne. They can weigh as much as 10.8 kilograms (23 pounds). Males can stand about four feet tall, while females are a foot smaller, according to several websites about wild turkeys.
There have been regular wild turkey sightings recently in that part of Niagara-on-the-Lake, a few blocks from the historic Old Town section.
Frans Stevens said he noticed one on Mississauga Street near Queen Street about two months ago when he went to the post office.
“Lo and behold, there he was just walking across the street. I found it very peculiar. He was huge,” said Stevens, who was riding his bike Thursday morning and noticed the commotion with the school bus.
He said he was glad no one was seriously injured, but added he hoped no harm had come to that “magnificent-looking animal.”
Residents on the outskirts of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Old Town see plenty of wildlife including foxes, coyotes and skunks, Stevens added.
Looks like the place to hunt next spring folks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
