Two people are dead after the auto they were driving was hit by a school bus in Barron County, Wisconsin.
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According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, the incident occurred at approximately 2:35 p.m. on U.S. Highway 63 at the junction of County Highway B, north of Cumberland.
The driver and a passenger in the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene, the Patrol said. A second passenger was critically injured and transported to Cumberland Memorial Hospital, and later flown to Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
The school bus came to rest in a ditch partially submerged in water.
In a statement, the Cumberland school district says: “While the fatalities being reported did not involve those traveling on the bus, the Spooner Area School District wishes to offer support and caring thoughts to all those involved”.
The two people killed in the crash were the driver and passenger of the vehicle, according to reports from the Sheriff’s Office.
The volleyball team was about halfway home from a scrimmage earlier Saturday in Amery, about 50 miles south of Spooner.
Sixteen people on the school bus, which included the coaching staff, were treated for minor injuries at Cumberland Memorial Hospital and released, the state patrol said.
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Names of the deceased are being withheld pending family notification.
