Nine members of an Illinois basketball team were injured Saturday night when their bus driver had a medical episode that caused an accident, according to state police.
A coach bus was transporting the Highland Community College basketball team back to Freeport, Ill., from a game at the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, N.D. The team was traveling east on Interstate 94 near St. Michael in Wright County around 6:45 p.m. when the driver had an unknown medical issue.
The bus crashed into the median and traveled for about a quarter of a mile, striking trees and a freeway sign. It swerved back onto the road and then returned to the ditch, where it came to rest, the report said.
The bus driver was transported to North Memorial Hospital with non life-threatening injures. Five occupants were transported to Monticello Hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Four additional occupants were injured but did not require transport to the hospital.
Assisting the Minnesota State Police on scene were the Wright County Sheriff’s Office along with the St. Michael and Monticello fire departments.