5 students, driver injured in crash involving 2 school buses in southern Minnesota
Five students and a driver are recovering after two school buses collided in Oakland Township, Minnesota, Monday afternoon, according to the Freeborn County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies responded to the crash at the intersection of 890th Avenue and 170th Street at 3:59 p.m. Investigators say a Glenville-Emmons school bus was crossing 890th Avenue when it was rear-ended by an Austin school bus.
Officials said six students were on the Glenville bus at the time of the crash. Four of them were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, and one was taken to the emergency room.
"All are now at home after being treated for minor injuries," Heidi Venem, superintendent of Glenville Emmons Schools, said in a statement to WCCO.
There were no children on the Austin bus, though the driver, a 34-year-old man, was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, according to the sheriff's office.
The driver of the Glenville bus, a 74-year-old Albert Lea, Minnesota, man, was cited for failing to yield, the sheriff's office said.
Oakland Township is around 51 miles southwest of Rochester, Minnesota.