GEORGETOWN, Minn. — Some of the students injured in a rural Clay County school bus crash on Thursday, Oct. 14, have been discharged from area hospitals as the investigation is continuing.
Four students on the Ada-Borup-West School District bus and the driver of a pickup truck hauling a construction trailer were taken to hospitals after the incident that occurred at the intersection of 190th Avenue North and 40th Street North at 7:29 a.m., according to Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting.
It was unclear how many students remained in area hospitals as of Friday, Oct. 15, but the pickup driver was still hospitalized with significant but not life-threatening injuries, Empting said.
As the incident is still under investigation and charges may be pending against the pickup driver, Empting refused to release names of the drivers involved in the accident, saying they will be released as early as next week.
The pickup driver, who was northbound, had a yield sign, according to a Clay County Sheriff’s Office news release.
Ada-Borup-West School District Superintendent Aaron Cook said the school’s mental health staff is helping students and providing support, and the bus driver is not prepared to comment at this time.
1/9: Local fire departments, the Clay County Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota Highway Patrol respond to a rural Clay County crash involving a school bus on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. C.S. Hagen / The Forum
2/9: An Ada-Borup-West school bus involved in a crash with a pickup towing a trailer is towed from the intersection of 190th Avenue North and 40th Street North in Clay County on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. C.S. Hagen / The Forum
3/9: A tow truck driver checks the destroyed front-end of the bus to make sure the hitch is secure. Ben Morris / WDAY News
4/9: An Ada-Borup-West school bus crashed with another vehicle Thursday morning, Oct. 14, 2021, in rural Clay County. C.S. Hagen / The Forum
5/9: An Ada-Borup-West school bus crashed with another vehicle Thursday morning, Oct. 14, 2021, in rural Clay County. C.S. Hagen / The Forum
6/9: Pickup truck with license plates from North Dakota being pulled out of the ditch on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. C.S. Hagen / The Forum
7/9: An Ada-Borup-West school bus crashed with another vehicle Thursday morning, Oct. 14, 2021, in rural Clay County. C.S. Hagen / The Forum
8/9: An Ada-Borup-West school bus crashed with another vehicle Thursday morning, Oct. 14, 2021, in rural Clay County. C.S. Hagen / The Forum
9/9: An Ada-Borup-West school bus crashed with another vehicle Thursday morning, Oct. 14, 2021, in rural Clay County. C.S. Hagen / The Forum
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