Northwest Iowa School Bus Crash Sends 20 to Hospital
A Tuesday morning accident sent 18 students and two adults to the hospital in northwest Iowa.
According to KTIV-TV, the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office says that just north of Granville, Iowa, a pickup truck and a school bus crashed into each other.
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The Unity Christian High School bus and a Ford F-150 pickup came to the rural intersection of 430th Street and Marsh Avenue at the same time and crashed.
The driver of the pickup reportedly was sent to the hospital with critical injuries.
The bus driver and 18 students went to the hospital with various minor and serious injuries.
The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office and Iowa State Patrol are investing.
FULL PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF:
On Tuesday, November 5, at 7:42 a.m., the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident that occurred at the intersection of 430th Street and Marsh Avenue, three miles north of Granville, IA.
Elliot Dykstra, age 23, of Alton, IA, was driving a 2015 Ford F-150 eastbound on 430th Street. John Kooiman, age 76, of Orange City, IA, was driving a 2022 Thomas school bus for the Unity Christian High School southbound on Marsh Avenue; the two met and struck in the intersection.
Dykstra was transported to Sanford Sheldon Medical Center for treatment of critical injuries. Kooiman and 18 students were transported to the Orange City Area Health System for treatment of various injuries ranging from minor to serious with the exception of one student who was transferred to Sanford Medical and one currently under further observation.
This is a joint accident investigation between the sheriff’s office and the Iowa State Patrol.
Incident Command was activated at Orange City Area Health System to coordinate care and communication between responding emergency services and the involved schools. The sheriff’s office was able, in conjunction with Unity Christian High School and Orange City Christian School to notify all parents to direct them to go to Orange City Area Health System to be successfully connected with their child.
Assisting emergency response was from the Orange City Police Department, Fire Departments from Hospers and Granville; ambulance services from Alton, Granville, Hospers, Orange City and Sheldon.
The accident remains under investigation.
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