flashback jacket: 2 dead after Pa. lacrosse team's tour bus crashes

Sunday, March 17, 2013

2 dead after Pa. lacrosse team's tour bus crashes

Jason Malmont / The Sentinel via AP

Emergency and rescue crews respond to the scene of a tour bus crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Saturday, March 16, 2013 near Carlisle, Pa.

By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News

A tour bus carrying a women?s college lacrosse team careened off a Pennsylvania freeway on Saturday, killing two people and injuring several others.

The driver of the bus died, as well as one other unidentified person, local NBC affiliate WGAL reported.

The bus was carrying 23 lacrosse players and three coaches from Seton Hill University, Pennsylvania Turnpike spokeswoman Renee Colborn told the Associated Press.

The team from the Catholic school in Greensburg, Pennsylvania was on its way to a game when it went off the freeway at about 9 a.m. and crashed into a tree. Photos showed one side of the vehicle seemingly torn off, though it was unclear whether the damage was caused by the impact or rescue workers.

Three seriously injured people were transported to the Hershey Medical Center, Kary Coleman, a spokesperson for Seton Hill University, said in a statement.

The team was headed for a game against Millersville University. The school?s athletics department carried a notice on its website that the Saturday home game against Seton Hill University had been canceled.

?Today's women's lacrosse game vs. Seton Hill has been canceled. Seton Hill was involved in a traffic accident en route to the game. We hope the best for all involved,? Millersville University Athletics said in a post on its Facebook page.

The Department of Environmental Protection was on the scene to deal with large amounts of spilled diesel fuel, WGAL reported.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.