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Driver dies after colliding with school bus in New Hampshire
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Driver dies after colliding with school bus in New Hampshire

A 22-year-old from Marlborough, N.H., died in a crash with a school bus in Walpole, N.H., on Wednesday, police said.

At 3:13 p.m., a 2006 Saab 9-3 and a Fall Mountain Regional School District bus collided on Route 12 near Connector Road, Walpole Police Chief Justin R. Sanctuary said in a statement. Police said the Saab was traveling southbound when it crossed the center line and hit the bus.

Dietrich Kern Praska, the driver of the Saab, died in the accident. The school bus driver, Marie Robbins, 65, of Alstead, N.H., was taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, police said.

Two students on the school bus were taken by ambulance to hospitals “for treatment of minor injuries,” police said.

“The health conditions of the injured are currently unknown,” police said.


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