Several people suffered injures in a four-vehicle crash involving two New Prairie United School Corporation buses.
The LaPorte County Sheriff’s office responded to a crash around 3:15 p.m., May 8 involving a commercial motor vehicle, a single-axe box truck and two New Prairie schools mini buses, the sheriffs office said in a press release. The crash occurred in Kankakee Township, north of LaPorte, at the intersection of U.S. 20 and Fail Road.
Members of an athletic team were traveling in the school’s mini buses, police said, but did not specify what team. New Prairie High School’s junior varsity baseball team was scheduled to play at Hobart High School, the Hobart High School Athletic Department confirmed in a Facebook post when announcing the game was cancelled. The varsity game between the two schools scheduled to be played at New Prairie was also cancelled, Hobart High School said. Several people were injured and were transported to the hospital for treatment, police said.
As officers cleared the crash, U.S. 20 eastbound at Indiana-39, westbound U.S. 20 at Indiana-2 and Fail Road was closed. As of 6:30 p.m. May 8, the sheriff’s office said the scene was cleared and closed roadways were reopened.
New Prairie United School Corporation issued a joint statement with the sheriff’s office and did not provide any additional information about students or staff.
The crash remains under investigation.
This article will be updated when more information is made available.
Email Tribune staff writer Camille Sarabia at csarabia@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Several hospitalized after 4-vehicle crash with New Prairie High School buses
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