OAKLAND, Iowa (AP) - An autopsy blames a fire for the deaths of a driver and teenager who were killed when a school bus burst into flames in western Iowa.
An autopsy from the Iowa State Medical Examiner released Wednesday found that 16-year-old Megan Klindt and 74-year-old Donnie Hendricks died Dec. 12 from smoke and soot inhalation and thermal injuries.
Their deaths were found to not be related to injuries from a crash.
It’s unclear what caused the bus to burst into flames as it backed out of a driveway and into a ditch. The fire happened shortly after Klindt was picked up at her family’s farm southeast of Oakland, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) east of Omaha, Nebraska.
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