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At least six people have been killed in a collision between a passenger train and a bus in Canada's capital, Ottawa. The front of the bus was ripped off in the crash, and some 30 people are in hospital, eight with critical injuries. The crash between the double-decker and a Via Rail train occurred at the height of the morning rush hour. Rebecca Guilbeault, who was on the bus with her young son, said people on board were screaming for the bus to stop. "As I looked up the bus was coming into contact with the gate and the front of the bus, it like all impacted at once and everyone flew," Ms Guilbeault told the Associated Press. "I've seen a few people dead, someone ripped in half," she said about the aftermath of the crash. "I just feel so bad. Honestly I am just a little shaken up right now." The crash happened at about 08:48 (12:48 GMT) in the west end of the city, a more rural area surrounded by corn fields, and brought Via Rail's Ottawa-Toronto route to a halt.