Minivan Driver Dies In Crash With School Bus In Southeast Minnesota
WABASHA (AP) — The Minnesota State Patrol says a motorist died when his minivan collided head-on with a school bus near the southeastern Minnesota town of Minneiska.
No students were on the bus when the crash happened just before 6 a.m. Friday on U.S. Highway 61 in Wabasha County. The crash started both vehicles on fire.
The Patrol says 27-year-old Travis M. Jacobson, of Winona, died at the scene. The school bus driver, 59-year-old Vernon E. Andrews, of Ellsworth, Wisconsin, was taken to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, where he was listed in serious condition.
Highway 61 was closed for 4½ hours while officials investigated the accident and cleaned up the roadway.
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