Minneiska, MN (KROC AM News) - There was a fatal crash involving a wrong-way driver in Wabasha County Friday morning that closed Highway 61 for more than four hours.

The State Patrol says a minivan that was headed north in the southbound lane collided head-on with a school bus just before 6 a.m.

The driver of the van - 27-year-old Travis Jacobson of Winona - was killed in the fiery wreck.The bus was driven by a 59-year-old man from Ellsworth, Wisconsin. He was the only one on the bus and was not hurt. No names have been released yet.

The wreck happened about a mile north of Minneiska, which is located between Wabasha and Winona.  

 

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