Crime & Safety

VIDEO: Truck Driver Nearly Hits Students Exiting School Bus In Pine County

Authorities in Pine County are asking for the public's help in locating a driver who nearly hit students leaving a school bus last week.

(CBS Minnesota)

December 28, 2023

WILLOW RIVER, Minn. — Authorities in Pine County are asking for the public's help in locating a driver who nearly hit students leaving a school bus last week.

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According to the county sheriff's office, the incident took place on Dec. 21 at around 3:22 p.m. on County Road 41 in Willow River.

Video footage from the school bus shows a motorist in a 1994 Ford Ranger pass another vehicle on the shoulder before driving past a school bus with its stop sign out. A couple of students were exiting at the time, and one had to run to get out of the way of the truck.

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