West MN school bus accident sends 2 to hospitals

School bus accident
Emergency personnel remove a person from a Lac qui Parle Valley school bus at the scene of an accident that sent some students to the hospital Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 and U.S. Highway 59 15 miles west of Benson and about 9 miles north of Appleton. Authorities are investigating.
AP Photo/Swift County Monitor-News, Reed Anfinson

Authorities are investigating a school bus accident in Swift County of western Minnesota that sent the bus driver and one student to hospitals with minor injuries.

State Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske says a medical condition may have resulted in the Lac qui Parle Valley School District bus going into a field at U.S. Highways 12 and 59 about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The Patrol says 17-year-old Kristen Schliep, of Holloway, the driver, 70-year-old Leonard Meyer, of Appleton, were taken to local hospitals.

Superintendent Brad Madsen says both were treated and released. He says 10 students of various ages were on the bus.

The Patrol says the bus was eastbound on Highway 12 when it went into the oncoming lane, overcorrected, and ran off the road about 15 miles west of Benson.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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