A charter bus carrying members of a community college baseball team crashed in Iowa on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring dozens, authorities said.
The incident occurred shortly after 11 a.m. local time on Iowa Highway 4 near Twin Lakes in Calhoun County, authorities said.
WOI – PHOTO: Authorities respond to a bus crash on Iowa Highway 4 in Calhoun County, Iowa, Feb. 11, 2026.
An Iowa Lakes Community College charter bus “went off the roadway and overturned in the ditch,” Iowa State Patrol said in a statement.
There has been one confirmed fatality, Iowa State Patrol said.
There were 33 people on the bus, which was the only vehicle involved, according to Iowa State Trooper Paul Gardner.
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All other occupants on the bus sustained minor to serious injuries, according to Gardner.
Life Flight helicopters and ambulances transported injured occupants to various area hospitals, authorities said. State patrol was working to determine how many people were transported and to where, Gardner said.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
WOI – PHOTO: Authorities respond to a bus crash on Iowa Highway 4 in Calhoun County, Iowa, Feb. 11, 2026.
Iowa Lakes Community College said members of its baseball team were involved in the crash.
“The safety and well-being of our students and staff is our highest priority,” the college said in a statement, adding it is “in direct communication with families and is providing support to those affected.”
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The Iowa Lakes baseball team was traveling to Arkansas to play North Arkansas College in Harrison this week.
“We ask our entire community to please lift up everyone involved, their families, and the entire Iowa Lakes community in prayer during this difficult time,” the North Arkansas College Pioneer Athletics said in a statement on social media.