Fatal collision involving school bus, pickup truck leaves 1 dead, multiple injured in North Dakota

A school bus that was transporting North Dakota high school volleyball players collided Thursday with a pickup truck, killing the truck’s driver and injuring several people on the bus, authorities said.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol said in a news release that the crash happened around 3:45 p.m. on state highway 32, about six miles south of the town of Petersburg.

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The driver of the truck died at the scene, and multiple passengers on the bus were taken to a Grand Forks hospital. The players were part of the Hatton-Northwood team.

Patrol Sgt. Wade Kadrmas said he had no details about the extent of the injuries.