BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Authorities investigating the cause of a crash involving a Larimore school bus and a freight train are interviewing students on the bus, inspecting the bus mechanics, viewing videotape from a camera on the train and awaiting results of an autopsy on the bus driver.
The crash on Monday afternoon at a crossing outside Larimore killed 62-year-old driver Max Danner and 17-year-old student Cassidy Sandstrom, and injured 12 other students.
Highway Patrol Lieutenant Tom Iverson says it's too early in the investigation to make any assumptions about what happened, including whether Danner might have suffered a medical problem. Danner's twin brother, Mel, told The Associated Press that Max Danner had previous heart trouble that required a bypass and a pacemaker but otherwise was in good health.