Several people injured after school bus leaves road in Aitkin County – Brainerd Dispatch

AITKIN — Multiple people were injured Saturday, Jan. 11, after the school bus they were riding in veered off the roadway on Highway 27 in Aitkin County.

The Minnesota State Patrol responded to a crash at 6:43 p.m. in Rice River Township, south of McGregor. According to the accident report, a 2020 Freightliner school bus left the road to the right and traveled through a ditch before returning to the roadway.

The bus driver, Kevin Bernard Burzynski, 54, of Hibbing, and passengers Clayton Horst, 16, and Christian Schmidt all suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to Riverwood Healthcare Center in Aitkin. Passengers Roger Leonard Betters, 75; Elliott David Osterhoudt, 39; Owen David Walters, 46; and Ellis Daniel Wojciehowski, 59, were uninjured.

The state patrol said the road was covered in snow and ice at the time of the crash.

Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office officers assisted at the scene.

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