05 Apr
Bus crashes carrying Minn. high school students on band trip; 1 dead, dozens injured
MINNEAPOLIS - A bus carrying students and their chaperones
home from a band trip to Chicago rolled over on a highway Saturday,
killing one student and injuring the dozens of others on board,
authorities said.
The bus was traveling west on Interstate 94 about 30 miles
northwest of Minneapolis when it rolled shortly before 6 a.m. and
skidded into a ditch, said State Patrol dispatcher Tom Aspling.
There were 48 people aboard, including the driver.
The cause of the crash near Albertville wasn’t immediately
determined. The weather at the time was dry.
The bus was one of two carrying students from Pelican Rapids
High School, according to the western Minnesota school’s Web site.
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008 at 7:02 pm under