Five students were taken to hospital after a school bus rolled onto its side in a collision Wednesday morning in downtown Toronto.

Toronto Police say a 21-year-old woman has been charged with careless driving in connection with the incident.

Officers were called just after 9 a.m. ET after the crash, which involved a school bus and an SUV, at the intersection of Richmond Street East and Berkeley Street.

Art gallery owner Jane Roos helped get the students inside the gallery until emergency crews arrived.

"I saw the school bus turned over and everybody was screaming, and I saw one gentleman just take off the back door of the school bus and we helped all the kids. I brought them into our gallery and they were a little bit in shock. We tried to settle them and give them toys to play with."

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

Construction worker Edward Letitchever witnessed the crash, and rushed to help the students off the bus through the back door.

"The other kids, they were hanging down, they were just hanging. I had to lift them up to the ceiling to unhook the belts and take them out," the father of three children said.

"Everybody is safe and everyone is alive. That's the most important thing."

Five students were transported to hospital after a school bus rolled onto its side in a collision Wednesday morning in downtown Toronto. 0:33

Toronto paramedics said they took the five students, who had minor injuries, to the Hospital for Sick Children. The bus driver also suffered minor injuries.

The Toronto District School Board said the five students aboard the bus are from Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School. The parents have been notified.

