Driver charged with murder after bus rams into Canada daycare

People are silhouetted in front of the Canadian national flag in Montreal, Quebec, Canada October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

MONTREAL (Reuters) -A city bus driver is facing first-degree murder charges after his vehicle rammed into a daycare center in a Montreal suburb on Wednesday, killing two children and injuring six others.

Police did not give a cause for the crash but filed murder and assault charges against Pierre Ny St-Amand, 51. Authorities said the driver has worked for the transit system for 10 years and does not have a criminal record.