Crash Involving Junior High Football Team's Bus Sends 21 to Hospital Near Pittsburgh

A bus carrying a junior high football team to a game crashed Saturday north of Pittsburgh, sending 21 of the 28 people on board to the hospital, officials said.

The crash occurred in Economy Borough, about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh, while 25 Aliquippa Junior High students and three adults were headed to a game in nearby Gibsonia.

"It's on a bad bend," said Economy Borough Police Chief Michael O'Brien. "It's being investigated now to determine what happened."

O'Brien also reported that the bus turned on its side during the crash but came back upright as the students were evacuating the vehicle.

A Facebook page for the Aliquippa Junior High football team asked for "a thought or prayer for each player or coach that was traveling this morning" as each player was being evaluated.