(Granville)– Multiple injuries were reported Tuesday in a collision in Sioux county involving a school bus and a pickup at an intersection about three miles north of Granville.
The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Elliot Dykstra of Alton was driving a 2015 Ford F-150 eastbound and 76-year-old John Kooiman of Orange City was driving a 2022 Thomas school bus for Unity Christian High School southbound when the two collided.
Dykstra was transported to a Sheldon hospital with critical injuries. Kooiman and 18 students on the bus were taken to an Orange City hospital with minor to serious injuries. One student was transferred to Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls and another is under further observation.
The collision remains under investigation by the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa State Patrol. It took place a little after 7:30 am.
