Updated: 12:28 PM CST February 12, 2021
CHISAGO COUNTY, Minn. Three people were killed when a car and a bus collided north of the metro Friday morning.
According to the Chisago County Sheriff s Office, deputies responded to the crash just before 8 a.m. It happened near Rush Point Drive (CR-7) and Clover Trail in Nessel Township.
Chisago County Captain Derek Anklan said in a news release that the 911 callers reported two vehicles, a car and a transport bus, engulfed in flames.
The Rush City Fire Department was called in to put the fire out.
Three people in the passenger car died, according to Anklan. Those people have not been identified.
Defendant stated he tried defending himself by putting his hands around his wife's throat and he squeezed her throat until she went limp, court documents stated. He told authorities he panicked and put her body in the passenger seat of their vehicle and drove her to the Swan River Bridge on Great River Road, south of Little Falls, and that he dropped her body under the bridge.
Defendant stated he tried defending himself by putting his hands around his wife's throat and he squeezed her throat until she went limp, court documents stated. He told authorities he panicked and put her body in the passenger seat of their vehicle and drove her to the Swan River Bridge on Great River Road, south of Little Falls, and that he dropped her body under the bridge.