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Pickup driver that crashed into school bus arrested for OWI

By: Associated Press//February 13, 2020//

Pickup driver that crashed into school bus arrested for OWI

By: Associated Press//February 13, 2020//

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TOWN OF CHRISTIANA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say the driver of a pickup truck that crashed head-on into a school bus in Dane County has been arrested for repeatedly driving drunk.

Sheriff’s officials said the crash happened on Highway 73 in the Town of Christiana about 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The 40-year-old Fort Atkinson man driving the pickup was taken to the hospital with injuries.

He was arrested for operating while intoxicated-third offense and bail jumping. The school bus driver suffered minor injuries.

Two passengers on the bus, ages 17 and 30, were treated at the scene by emergency medical technicians.

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