No serious injuries were reported after a bus travelling from Hay River to Yellowknife slid off the Ingraham Trail on March 24.

The bus was returning from the closing ceremonies of the Arctic Winter Games and was carrying Greenlandic athletes who were heading to the airport for a flight home when the incident occurred at around 11 p.m., said Fort Smith resident Sarah Pruys, who was a passenger on the bus.

Pruys said she was sitting a few rows from the front of the bus when it started to tip.

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Pruys said the bus came to a halt a few metres from the road.

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The passengers boarded a second bus that was travelling close behind them, said Pruys, and continued on their way to Yellowknife.

arrived on the scene around midnight, she said.