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Bus Company: Driver in Minn. Crash Had Aneurysm

Two killed.

The Associated Press
 WFLS News

Date published: 11/20/2009

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The owner of a tour bus company says a driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm just before his bus veered off a southern Minnesota interstate Wednesday and rolled into a ditch.

Two people died in the crash. Authorities say two passengers are in critical condition and three are in fair condition. Thirteen others were treated and released.

Ed Erickson was driving a group of mostly older passengers when the bus swerved off Interstate 90. The passengers were returning from a day trip to an Iowa casino. A State Patrol spokesman says the 52-year-old Erickson, who survived, had a valid commercial license to operate the passenger bus.

Court records show Erickson pleaded guilty in 2002 to driving while intoxicated and crossing the center line of a highway. His blood alcohol level was measured at .15 percent, well above the legal limit.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Date published: 11/20/2009

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