(Photo Courtesy CBS 14 TV, Sioux City)
BUS-SEMI ACCIDENT
Four persons were injured this morning in an accident involving a semi truck and school bus in Cherokee County.
The Iowa State Patrol says a semi hauling grain was northbound on F Avenue east of Marcus around 7:35 AM and failed to stop at a stop sign.
The semi collided with a school bus from the Marcus Meriden Cleghorn Remsen Union School District that was westbound on 470th Streeet.
A Facebook post this morning from MMCRU schools says only minor injuries are reported. 3 juveniles and one adult – the bus driver, 62 year old Leslie Pedersen of Cleghorn – were transported to the Cherokee Hospital. 3 students were seen in an ambulance and not transported.
Emergency personnel examined all the occupants of the bus. Those without injury were put on an alternate bus and brought to school.
The driver of the semi, 61 year old James Nieuwenhuis of Hospers, was not injured.
Ambulance teams from three communities were called to the scene. The Iowa State Patrol is investigating the accident.
Counselors are at the school, meeting with students regarding the accident.
