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Decorah Police release details of accident involving school bus

Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2016 9:08 AM

Decorah Police have released details of a three-vehicle accident on Mechanic Street Wednesday afternoon around 3:00. 

Police say 29-year-old Jenna Schnitzler of Decorah was westbound on Pearl Street and pulled out into the intersection with Mechanic Street to make a left turn.  Her SUV was hit by a van driven by 60-year-old David Phillips of Calmar.  Phillips' van was then pushed into the front of a school bus driven by 44-year-old Joseph Baldridge of Decorah, who had stopped to make a left turn onto Pearl Street.

Phillips suffered minor injuries in the crash.  The crash did a total of $14,000 in damages.

Schnitzler was ticketed for Failure to Yield the Right-of-Way.