Driver killed in school bus crash near Manhattan, Ill., identified

The Will County Coroner’s Office has identified the driver who was killed when a car and school bus crashed near Manhattan, Illinois, Thursday morning.

Coroner Laurie Summers identified the driver as 24-year-old Makenna M. Maurisak of Manhattan.

Maurisak collided head-on with a school bus on Manhattan-Monee Road just west of School House Road Wednesday morning. Illinois State Police said Maurisak was pronounced dead at the scene. The school bus driver and 10 students on board were taken to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox for evaluation…

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