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7 hurt in Postville school bus crash

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POSTVILLE, Iowa (KTTC) -- Six students and a bus driver are injured after a school bus slid off an icy road in Postville.

It happened at Hawkweed Drive and Ludlow Road at about 7:15 a.m. Friday.

The Allamakee County Sheriff's Office said the driver tried to stop but couldn't because of ice.

The bus went went into the ditch, down an embankment and came to rest in a yard.

Six students and the driver were taken to the hospital. Five students and the driver were treated and released. One student was transferred to a hospital in La Crosse.

 

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