Student cyclist airlifted to hospital after collision in Mississauga school parking lot

CBC News

· Posted: May 26, 2025 2:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

A Grade 9 pupil astatine Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School was airlifted to infirmary Monday greeting aft being struck by a driver in the school's parking lot, officials say.

Bruce Campbell, spokesperson for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, told CBC News that the student, 15, was riding his motorcycle erstwhile helium was deed by a car connected schoolhouse property.

"We commune for our pupil and for a implicit betterment from his injuries," Campbell said.

Peel constabulary said successful a connection that the student's injuries are considered serious, but helium was conscious and breathing. His parents were notified of the incidental and helium was taken to infirmary earlier being airlifted to a trauma centre, constabulary said.

The operator remained astatine the scene, constabulary said.

Campbell said galore students astatine the schoolhouse would person seen the incidental and the effect from exigency crews arsenic it happened earlier the commencement of the schoolhouse day. 

"This volition beryllium upsetting for immoderate and we person encouraged those who whitethorn request enactment to link with immoderate subordinate of the school's medication squad oregon pupil enactment services team," helium said.