High school basketball team’s bus flips over; all aboard said to be 'medically cleared': reports
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}First responders were at the scene of a bus accident in Beckley, W.Va., reports said.
Everyone aboard a girls high school basketball team's bus that flipped in West Virginia on Saturday night has been "medically cleared," including one student who had been airlifted to a trauma center, according to a report.
The update came early Sunday in an email from Berkeley County Public Schools, according to WVNS-TV, a FOX affiliate in Lewisburg, W.Va.
Earlier, at least two people were said to be in critical condition and as many as 14 others reportedly suffered unspecified injuries when a charter bus carrying a girls high school basketball team flipped over near a highway entrance ramp in Beckley, W.Va., reports said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Varying reports said a total of either 14 or 16 people had been injured. It was unclear how the accident happened or whether any other vehicles were involved.
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The team was from Martinsburg High School and had played at the Big Atlantic Classic at the Beckley-Raleigh Convention Center, the FOX affiliate reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Early Sunday, coach Kyle Triggs tweeted that "all are doing ok" and thanked well-wishers for their prayers.
Late Saturday, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice had released a statement on Twitter:
“I ask all West Virginians to join me in praying for the coaches, players, and all those associated with the Martinsburg high school girls basketball team after they were involved in a vehicle accident tonight on I-64,” he wrote.
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Police received a call about the accident at 8:49 p.m. and emergency personnel were still on the scene at 10 p.m., Beckley’s WOAY-TV reported.
Beckley is about 124 miles northwest of Roanoke, Va.