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VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KCSi-T.V. News   Jul 16, 2013) – A driver whose bus left the road and crashed in Valley City early Monday will be cited for the accident.

 North Dakota Highway Patrol Captain Brian Niewind said a thorough investigation of the Jefferson Lines bus, including a look at all of the mechanical components, found no defects.

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 VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP Jul 15, 2o13) – Five people suffered minor injuries when a passenger bus went off the road in southeastern North Dakota, at about 5-a.m., Monday.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol report said the driver of the Jefferson Lines bus, 46 year old Stephen Arthur of Duluth, Minnesota was operating a motor coach bus as a commercial motor vehicle hauling 14 passengers that were en route to Minneapolis.

The bus had stopped in Bismarck, without any mechanical issues and proceeded to Valley City, which was their next scheduled stop.

Arthur stated that as he began to take the east bound off ramp at exit 292 in Valley City he tried slowing the bus with the foot brake but it had little or no effect.

The driver attempted to steer right onto a paved county road, however, the bus continued into the east ditch, impacted the embankment, and came to rest about 150 yards in a field southeast of the interchange without overturning.

Of the 14 passengers on the bus, 5 of them were transported to Mercy Hospital in Valley City by Barnes County Ambulance.

The Valley City Fire/Rescue and Valley City Police Department assisted with the collision, along with Barnes County Ambulance Service. The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

. The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

Company spokesman Kevin Pursey tells The Associated Press that the bus was recently inspected and it’s doubtful the brakes failed. He says the driver might have taken a corner too fast.

About two months ago, passengers on a Jefferson Lines bus escaped uninjured when the bus’s engine caught fire near Williston.