Several members of a Pittsburgh-area junior high school football team were injured when their bus was involved in a crash Saturday morning, Report informs via CBS News.
Dwan Walker, mayor of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, confirmed to KDKA-TV that the Aliquippa Junior High football team was on its way to a game against a team from Pine-Richland High School when the crash occurred at about 11 a.m. local time on Shaffer Road in Economy Borough in Beaver County, which is located across the Ohio River from Aliquippa.
Economy Borough Police Chief Michael O'Brien said the bus was carrying 28 people, including 25 children, a bus driver and two adults. According to O'Brien, at least 21 children and the driver were taken to area hospitals.
A spokesperson for UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh told KDKA-TV that it received 20 patients who were involved in the bus accident. It said all the child patients it received have been discharged, except one.
The last child patient UPMC Children's Hospital was undergoing surgery and last listed in critical condition, according to a statement from Aliquippa School District Superintendent Dr. Phillip K. Woods.