Minnesota school bus with children onboard crashes into yard

A school bus carrying 27 students went out of control Thursday afternoon running over lawns on Missouri Avenue, finally coming to rest when it hit a tree.

Police say that the bus driver, Debra Stephenson, 58, was turning left onto Missouri Avenue from Lyons Street when she lost control of the bus. The bus drove off of Missouri rolling uphill onto a lawn; it then rolled backwards a few hundred feet crossing several yards and finally slamming into a small tree. The impact of the crash uprooted a pine tree.

Some of the students suffered minor injuries with the worst being some cuts because of broken glass. The bus driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

Police thoroughly inspected the vehicle to see if the brakes or other mechanics failed. They determined that the bus did not experience any mechanical failure. They later determined that Stephenson suffered a medical event which caused her to become impaired, but did not state what the event was. 

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