Minivan driver hurt in Monticello crash involving school bus and dump truck

WCCO digital update: Morning of April 23, 2024

MONTICELLO, Minn. — A driver was airlifted to the hospital after a crash involving a school bus, a dump truck and a minivan Tuesday morning in the northwest metro.

The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened just before 8 a.m. in Monticello at the intersection of Highway 25 near Wright County Road 37.

All three vehicles involved were heading northbound on the highway when they collided.

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The only person injured was the minivan's driver, a 44-year-old Becker man. The state patrol says he's being treated for non-life threatening injuries at a metro hospital.

No students were aboard the bus at the time of the crash.

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