3 killed in minivan, minibus crash in SW Minnesota

Three people were killed and three were seriously injured in a crash Wednesday involving a minivan and a shuttle bus near Marshall.

The State Patrol says that Marshall resident Robert McClain was driving a minivan east on Highway 23 in Lynd around 3 p.m. Wednesday.

The van crossed the center line and hit a Ford minibus.

The head-on crash killed McClain, 80, as well as his wife, 72-year-old Shirley McClain.

A passenger on the bus, 88-year-old Phyllis Behnke of Arco, was also killed.

Three people in the minibus, including the driver, were seriously injured in the crash.

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