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ONE person is dead and another 32 injured after a college baseball team bus crashed on the way to opening season games.
The college team’s vehicle careened off the road on Wednesday morning (February 11) just after 11am.
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Victims had to be airlifted to hospitalCredit: KCCI
The bus was on the way to Arkansas for games.Credit: KCCI
Police confirmed the accident involved just the one vehicle as it made its way to Arkansas for opening season games and happened on Highway 4 near Twin Lakes in Iowa just after 11am.
The bus – an Iowa Lakes Community College bus – was reportedly carrying the school’s baseball team as well as as staff, as they travelled to face North Arkansas College.
The team was scheduled to play games this Thursday and Friday this week.
Emergency services were called and rushed to the scene where they found the vehicle had crashed.
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They found the smash was “so severe” that they had to call in multiple medical helicopters to airlift the most critically injured victims to regional trauma centers for surgery.
Responders from the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office and Rockwell City Police worked to pull the injured from the wreckage.
“Our hearts are heavy as we grieve alongside the Iowa Lakes College community. The loss of a life is a tragedy that reaches far beyond one campus,” a statement said.
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Dr. Rick Massengale, North Arkansas College president, extended his ‘deepest condolences’ to the family and loved ones of the individual who passed away.
They have not yet been named publicly as police work to inform the next of kin.
“We are lifting up in prayer those who were injured and all who are affected,” he continued as the higher education community rallied around the small college.
‘During moments like this, we are reminded that the higher education community is a family,’ Massengale added while offering support to the grieving Iowa school.
Iowa Representative Randy Feenstra said he was ‘deeply concerned’ about the fatal accident and praised the quick response from the local first responders.
‘I am grateful to our local law enforcement, Iowa state patrol, and medical professionals who have been quickly responding at the scene,” he told the Daily Mail.
It is not known if the deceased was a student, staff member or bus driver at this time.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Iowa State Patrol.
The case is ongoing, say police.
Details of the person who died have nnot been made public yetCredit: Unknown