NO STUDENTS WERE INJURED MONDAY MORNING WHEN A SCHOOL BUS CARRYING 19 CHILDREN FROM THE SOUTH O’BRIEN SCHOOL DISTRICT COLLIDED WITH A CAR ON HIGHWAY 59 IN O’BRIEN COUNTY.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS THE 18-YEAR-OLD DRIVER OF A MID-SIZE PONTIAC LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR ON THE PARTLY SNOW COVERED HIGHWAY, CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND COLLIDED WITH THE ONCOMING SCHOOL BUS.
THE CAR ENDED UP IN A DITCH ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
THE PATROL SAYS VISIBILITY WAS LIMITED BY BLOWING SNOW WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND 10AM.
