Monday, March 18, 2013

Seton Hill Laments Lacrosse Bus Crash

"Police investigate bus crash that killed coach, driver" by Kevin Begos  |  Associated Press, March 18, 2013

GREENSBURG, Pa. — Police are investigating what caused a bus carrying a college women’s lacrosse team to veer off the Pennsylvania Turnpike and crash into a tree, killing a pregnant coach, her unborn child, and the driver.

Players and coaches from Seton Hill University, near Pittsburgh, were among 23 people aboard when the bus crashed Saturday morning. The team was headed to an afternoon game at Millersville University, about 50 miles from the crash site in central Pennsylvania....

Police could not immediately say what had caused the crash. The front side of the bus, which was towed from the scene Saturday night, was shorn away, and the vehicle came to rest upright about 70 yards from the highway at the bottom of a grassy slope.

Both Saturday’s game and a Sunday home game were canceled after the crash, and Seton Hill, a Catholic liberal arts school of about 2,500 students, said a memorial Mass was planned for Sunday night. The school is also offering grief counseling to students.

Before the beginning of a Seton Hill baseball game Sunday, team members and fans observed a minute of silence for the victims, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Mourners also visited a tribute set up in front of a lacrosse net next to the baseball field that featured bouquets of flowers, stuffed animals, a lacrosse stick, a whistle, and a candle that was set in front of a team photo and signs....

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