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MINCO, Okla. (AP) — A school bus carrying softball team members
crashed in Oklahoma, injuring multiple people, school and police
officials said.
The crash happened Monday night on U.S. Highway 152 near Minco
in Grady County, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of
Oklahoma City.
“This evening, our Minco Softball team was in a serious accident
west of Minco,” school district Superintendent Kevin Sims posted
online. “Multiple individuals on the bus were severely injured.”
He said school would be closed Tuesday.
“Please keep these student-athletes, coaches and their families
in your prayers,” he said.
News reports said the bus rolled over and that some people were
ejected.
The exact number of people on the bus and the number of people
injured were not immediately available, a dispatcher for the
Oklahoma Highway Patrol's Troop G, which covers Grady County,
told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
U.S. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma posted online that he and
his wife, Cindy, “join all of Oklahoma in praying for our
neighbors in Minco tonight.”
The Minco First Baptist Church in the town of about 1,500 people
posted online that the church sanctuary was open “if you would
like to come and pray.”
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