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Kamloops roads were kept busy Wednesday morning after back-to-back accidents left the city gridlocked.

The first incident involved a transit bus, when Kamloops RCMP were called to the intersection of 4th Avenue and St. Paul Street just after 8:30 a.m.

“The city bus was travelling southbound on 4th Avenue when it was struck by a passenger car travelling eastbound on St. Paul Street,” explains Cpl. Cheryl Bush.

She adds there were 23 passengers on board at the time of the collision.

“The bus driver and three of the passengers were taken to Royal Inland Hospital with minor injuries,” says Bush. “While the 47-year-old male driver of the car and his two passengers were also transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.”

The driver of the car was issued a ticket for failing to obey a stop sign.

Less than an hour later, cops were called to the scene of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Columbia Street.

“The driver of a vehicle, making a left hand turn, struck a 43-year-old female,” says Bush. “The pedestrian was transported to Royal Inland Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.”

The 74-year-old male driver was issued a ticket for failure to yield to a pedestrian.