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CARROLL COUNTY, Va. – Virginia State Police have identified the driver who was killed Thursday morning when his van collided with a Carroll County school bus.

42-year-old Nicholas B. Yates of Pulaski, Va., was the driver of the Kia Sedona who died at Twin County Regional Hospital.

The wreck happened just after 7:30 a.m. on Route 58 near Route 701 in Carroll County.

A Carroll County Public School’s bus pulled from Route 701 into the eastbound lanes of Route 58, where it was involved in a collision with Yates’ SUV, which was also eastbound on Route 58.

The driver of the bus, 64-year-old Antonia E. Felts of Fries, Va., was not injured in the crash.

16 students were on the bus at the time of the accident. One, a 13-year-old female, was transported to Twin County Regional Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

This crash remains under investigation.

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