{"id":567024,"date":"2026-02-11T22:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/567024\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:39:18","slug":"bus-carrying-community-college-baseball-team-crashes-killing-1-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/567024\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus carrying community college baseball team crashes, killing 1: Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A charter bus carrying members of a community college baseball team crashed in Iowa on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring dozens, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident occurred shortly after 11 a.m. local time on Iowa Highway 4 near Twin Lakes in Calhoun County, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"WOI - PHOTO: Authorities respond to a bus crash on Iowa Highway 4 in Calhoun County, Iowa, Feb. 11, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/16eb308dda1ca596a3d90299d8180511.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WOI &#8211; PHOTO: Authorities respond to a bus crash on Iowa Highway 4 in Calhoun County, Iowa, Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An Iowa Lakes Community College charter bus &#8220;went off the roadway and overturned in the ditch,&#8221; Iowa State Patrol said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dps.iowa.gov\/press-release\/2026-02-11\/iowa-state-patrol-investigates-bus-crash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:statement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There has been one confirmed fatality, Iowa State Patrol said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There were 33 people on the bus, which was the only vehicle involved, according to Iowa State Trooper Paul Gardner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/car-crashes-la-grocery-store-2-dead-hurt\/story?id=129895789\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Car crashes into LA grocery store; 3 dead, 2 critically injured: Officials;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Car crashes into LA grocery store; 3 dead, 2 critically injured: Officials<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All other occupants on the bus sustained minor to serious injuries, according to Gardner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The cause of the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"WOI - PHOTO: Authorities respond to a bus crash on Iowa Highway 4 in Calhoun County, Iowa, Feb. 11, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/f74dc9fe27bcd97cb8bfb298507268a1.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WOI &#8211; PHOTO: Authorities respond to a bus crash on Iowa Highway 4 in Calhoun County, Iowa, Feb. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Iowa Lakes Community College said members of its baseball team were involved in the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The safety and well-being of our students and staff is our highest priority,&#8221; the college said in a statement, adding it is &#8220;in direct communication with families and is providing support to those affected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/2-dead-police-helicopter-crash-officers-responded-active\/story?id=129899142\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2 dead in police helicopter crash as officers responded to &#039;active shooter&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2 dead in police helicopter crash as officers responded to &#8216;active shooter&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Iowa Lakes baseball team was traveling to Arkansas to play North Arkansas College in Harrison this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;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,&#8221; the North Arkansas College Pioneer Athletics said in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A charter bus carrying members of a community college baseball team crashed in Iowa on Wednesday, killing one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2289],"tags":[19896,5,74655,648,6236,74686,74685,1694,2341,74687],"class_list":["post-567024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-college-baseball","tag-authorities","tag-baseball","tag-calhoun-county","tag-college-baseball","tag-iowa","tag-iowa-lakes-community-college","tag-iowa-state-patrol","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-baseball","tag-north-arkansas-college"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116054404589235616","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}