A 39-year-old female bus driver has been charged with impaired driving after she rear-ended another vehicle on Wednesday.

Officers responded to a collision involving a Durham Regional Transit bus in the Kingston and Whites roads area in Pickering around 4:30 p.m.

The bus was attempting to change lanes to allow passengers to disembark but rear-ended a white SUV in the process.

Open liquor was located near the driver’s seat and the driver was arrested for impaired driving and taken to West Division to provide breath samples.

Kirstin Hasted, 39, of Cobourg is charged with impaired operation and fail to provide breath sample.

No one was injured in the SUV and all the 14 passengers on the bus were reported not injured.

Any witnesses are being asked to contact police.