Fire & Rescue

Car driver injured in head-on crash with nearly-empty school bus in Winona County

Published

1 year ago

January 17, 2023

An early-morning collision between an empty school bus and a car on a Winona County road has sent the car driver to a hospital.

The head-on crash happened shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday on County Road 20, a quarter-mile north of Highway 14 in the Lewiston area.

A 17-year-old male who drove the car is being treated for life-threatening injuries in Winona. He’s from the Lewiston area. Nobody was on the school bus except the driver.

The Winona County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the crash, with the Minnesota State Patrol helping to reconstruct the accident.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.