Four students were sent to hospital after a school bus was involved in a crash with another vehicle in Winnipeg.

The crash happened at about 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at Notre Dame Avenue and Banning Street.

Police originally told CBC News that five people were sent to hospital. The Winnipeg School Division, whose bus was involved, said it was four.

They were checked over at the scene but sent on to hospital "as a precautionary measure," the WSD stated in a news release.

The ages of the students was not provided.

Police are investigating the incident.