Crash between car and bus in Minnesota kills 3 people

Three people died after a car and a bus crashed north of the metro Friday morning in Chisago County, Minnesota.

According to the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office, deputies attended the crash just before 8 a.m. It took place near Rush Point Drive (CR-7) and Clover Trail in Nessel Township.

Chisago County Captain Derek Anklan said that callers reported two vehicles, a car and a transport bus, engulfed in flames.

The Rush City Fire Department was called in to put the fire out.

Three people in the passenger car died, according to Anklan. Those people are being identified but the names of those involved will not be released before definitive confirmation can be validated through medical records.

The sheriff’s office is still investigating the scene along with the Minnesota State Patrol and the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office.