All students safe after bus-truck collision near Fisher, Minnesota

GRAND FORKS — Nobody was hurt when a school bus and truck collided in northwest Minnesota on Thursday, Oct. 22. The incident occurred shortly after 8 a.m. in rural Polk County, near the intersection of County Road 61 and 340th Avenue SW, according to a release from the Polk County Sheriff's Office. The location is east of Fisher, Minnesota. According the release, a 2000 White Freightliner Conventional, being operated for the Simplot Company, and a bus with Fisher School District children collided at a field approach. Both vehicles had substantial damage but were not disabled. There were students aboard the bus at the time, but there were no reported injuries among the children, according to the media release. The bus was driven by Traci Gilbertson, 52, of Crookston, and the truck was driven by Herbert Hasz, 81, of Grand Forks. Gilbertson and Hasz also were uninjured. School officials notified all of the parents of the children who were aboard the bus. The