Lynd, MN : Three killed, three seriously injured when minivan collides with shuttle bus in SW Minnesota on Wednesday, December 31, 2014

A head-on crash between a minivan and a shuttle bus has killed three people and seriously injured three others in southwestern Minnesota.

The State Patrol says a Dodge Caravan was driving eastbound on Minnesota 23 when it entered the westbound lane and struck a Ford CTV mini bus near Lynd around 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Authorities say the driver of the van, 80-year-old Robert McClain of Marshall, and his wife, 72-year-old Shirley McClain, died at the scene.

The Independent of Marshall reported a bus passenger, 88-year-old Phyllis Behnke of Arco, died at a hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.

The bus driver and two other passengers on the bus were taken to hospitals with serious injuries.

The patrol said the road was dry at the time.

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Three die in minivan, shuttle bus collision near Lynd