One person is dead after a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 218 around 12:40 a.m. Sunday.

The driver of a 2000 Chevy Cavalier was killed when the car collided with a southbound 2009 IC school bus being used as a private charter, according to the state patrol.

Of the 20 passengers on the bus, nine were treated and released at Austin Medical Center. Bus passenger Cynthia S. Salwey, 49, was transferred to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester for non-life threatening injuries.

Owatonna resident Timothy A. Bachtle, 52, was driving the bus. No alcohol was detected in his system, and he was not injured, according to the state patrol.

It’s unclear if weather played a part in the crash, but road conditions were reported as wet.

Officers with the Minnesota State Patrol investigated the scene about a half-mile south of County Road 2 around 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

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