NH driver killed in head-on collision with school bus

Two students who were on the bus were taken to hospital with “minor injuries”.

A woman was killed Wednesday in a crash involving a school bus in Walpole, New Hampshire.
Walpole Police Department

A woman was killed Wednesday in a crash involving a school bus in Walpole, New Hampshire, authorities said.

At 3:13 p.m., police responded to a two-vehicle accident in the area of Connector Road on Highway 12 in Walpole. according to the notification of the department.

An initial investigation revealed a 2006 Saab 9-3 was southbound and crossed the yellow center line when it struck a northbound 2017 Chevrolet Collins school bus, the statement said.

The driver of the Saab, Dietrich Kern Praska, 22, of Marlboro, New Hampshire, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The bus, owned by Fall Mountain School District, was driven by Marie Robbins, 65, of Alstead, New Hampshire, the department said. Robbins was airlifted to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.

Two students on the bus were taken to Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, New Hampshire, and Springfield Hospital in Springfield, Vermont, with “minor injuries,” according to the statement.

The condition of the victims is unknown, the authorities said, and the cause of the accident is still being investigated.

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