Steen, Minnesota — A Magnolia, Minnesota teen was taken to the hospital after an accident involving a school bus near Rock Rapids on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.
The Rock County Minnesota Sheriff’s Office reports that at about 3:35 p.m., 76-year-old Marlin Boom of Ellsworth, MN was driving an Ellsworth MN School Bus westbound on 21st Street, six miles northwest of Rock Rapids. They tell us that 17-year-old Nevaeh Auch of Magnolia, MN was eastbound on 21st in a 2003 GMC pickup.
The report says that it was determined that due to visibility issues from the dry gravel; neither driver was able to see each other. Both vehicles side-swiped each other.
The Rock County Ambulance took Auch to a hospital.
The sheriff’s office tells us that both Auch and Boom were wearing seatbelts. They say there were several students on the bus, but no apparent injuries.
