Posted at: 10/09/2009 11:06 PM | KSAX.com
By: Megan Brown
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18-year-old Killed in Football Bus, Car Crash in Northern Minnesota

COLLERAINE, Minn. - A collision between a bus carrying 23 Ely Highschool football players and a Ford Taurus caused the death of a Bovey woman Friday.

According to the State Patrol, 18-year-old Emerald Foss was killed in the crash.

It happened on Highway 169 in Coleraine around 3:30 p.m. when the Taurus she was riding in, driven by 18-year-old Hailey Salo of Grand Rapids, pulled out in front of the schoolbus.

16-year-old Paige Anderson of Bovey was also riding in the Taurus.

She and Salo were last listed in critical condition. 

28-year-old Jay Poshak of Ely was driving the schoolbus and received minor injuries.

None of the football players or coaches were injured in the crash.

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