09/23/2025
Bon Homme County Crash
What: Single vehicle crash
Where: Highway 37 and Highway 50, six miles west of Tyndall, SD
When: 10:30 p.m., Monday, September 22, 2025
Driver 1: 82-year-old male from Menno, SD, no injuries
Vehicle 1: 2019 300 RE School Bus
Seat belt Used: No
Charges Pending: Careless driving and failure to report a crash
Bon Homme County, S.D.- A wrong turn landed a Yankton school bus in a roadside ditch Monday evening, six miles west of Tyndall, SD.
The name of the driver has not been released.
Preliminary crash information indicates the driver of a Yankton school bus was traveling southbound on SD Highway 37 heading back to Yankton. After stopping at a stop sign at the intersection of Highways 37 and 50, the driver turned eastbound onto a service road believing it was Highway 50, and went down into the ditch. Realizing the bus could roll if attempting to drive out of the ditch, the driver parked and transferred all the students to a second bus traveling with them.
All students and the driver returned safely to the school parking lot with no major injuries reported from any students or the bus driver.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.