MOUNDS VIEW, Minn. — A multi-vehicle crash involving a school bus shut down traffic on southbound I-35W in Mounds View for nearly an hour Tuesday morning.

State Patrol spokesman Sgt. Troy Christianson confirmed that the crash occurred around 7:50 a.m. on the interstate near the junction with County Road 10. Twenty-seven students from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in New Brighton were on the bus at the time of the crash, but none were injured.

The Minnesota State Patrol reported that traffic had slowed, and the driver of a Chrysler sedan rear-ended a Nissan before veering into the left lane. The bus was unable to avoid the Chrysler and struck it head-on.

The drivers of the Chrysler and the school bus suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to a nearby hospital,

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