A Red Deer man charged in connection to a school bus collision and an armed robbery was sentenced to four years in prison.
On Jan. 22, Blackfalds RCMP responded to a head-on crash between a flatbed truck and a school bus with several children on board.
After the collision, the truck driver got out of the vehicle and brandished a handgun at a passerby who stopped to offer assistance. He then drove off in the passerby’s vehicle.
Neither the passerby or any school bus occupants were physically injured in the incident.
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Jason William Ionson, 38, was recently sentenced to a prison term of four years, less eight months credit for pre-trial custody. He was also given a lifetime firearm prohibition and a four-year driving prohibition.
He pleaded guilty to robbery, possession of property over $5,000, dangerous operation of a vehicle, and failing to stop after an accident.
Charges of assault with a weapon, committing an offence with an imitation firearm and possession of a dangerous weapon were all withdrawn.