SCHOOL BUS CRASH REPORTS 2007

Brainerd, Minn. / Four Students Hurt in School Bus Accident
March 3, 2007

A school bus accident in Brainerd injured at least four elementary students Wednesday.

The bus collided with a pickup at an intersection about 11 a.m. as the bus was taking students from Lowell Elementary School to an early release program for religious instruction.

Brainerd School District Assistant Superintendent Steve Razidlo said at least four students were taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center for evaluation. Their conditions were not released.

Susan Mack, a registered nurse, stopped to help. She said she saw children with injuries to the neck, head and nose. "There was a lot of crying," Mack said of the scene.

A school official estimated 30 students were on the bus at the time of the accident. Children who weren't hurt were placed on another bus and returned to Lowell Elementary.

Neither the bus driver nor the pickup driver was injured.

Bus driver Lenny Lehman said he was most concerned about the students. "That's my greatest worry, the kids on the bus," Lehman said.

State troopers were investigating the accident.

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