Post by freeballer2 on Oct 13, 2006 23:22:29 GMT -5
Scranton volleyball players hurt in crash
LANSDALE, Pa. (AP) — Eleven members of the University of Scranton women’s volleyball team were hurt in a chain-reaction crash on a rain-soaked highway while heading to a tournament in the Virgin Islands.
Brooke Hinkley, the 21-year-old captain, remained in fair condition at Abington Memorial Hospital, school spokesman Stan Zygmunt said Friday.
The four-vehicle accident started Wednesday night when a car lost control on the Pennsylvania Turnpike about 20 miles outside Philadelphia, hit a guardrail and stopped in the center of the road, police said.
A sport utility vehicle carrying five members of the volleyball team couldn’t avoid the car and crashed into it. A third car became involved and was then struck by a second SUV that carried six team members and a parent driver, police said.
Ten players, one student assistant coach and a parent were taken to hospitals, Zygmunt said. Three were admitted to Abington, two of whom were later released.
The team was bound for Philadelphia en route to the tournament, which was scheduled for Saturday in St. Thomas.
Scranton, a private Jesuit university that competes at the Division III level, is about 100 miles north of Philadelphia.
LANSDALE, Pa. (AP) — Eleven members of the University of Scranton women’s volleyball team were hurt in a chain-reaction crash on a rain-soaked highway while heading to a tournament in the Virgin Islands.
Brooke Hinkley, the 21-year-old captain, remained in fair condition at Abington Memorial Hospital, school spokesman Stan Zygmunt said Friday.
The four-vehicle accident started Wednesday night when a car lost control on the Pennsylvania Turnpike about 20 miles outside Philadelphia, hit a guardrail and stopped in the center of the road, police said.
A sport utility vehicle carrying five members of the volleyball team couldn’t avoid the car and crashed into it. A third car became involved and was then struck by a second SUV that carried six team members and a parent driver, police said.
Ten players, one student assistant coach and a parent were taken to hospitals, Zygmunt said. Three were admitted to Abington, two of whom were later released.
The team was bound for Philadelphia en route to the tournament, which was scheduled for Saturday in St. Thomas.
Scranton, a private Jesuit university that competes at the Division III level, is about 100 miles north of Philadelphia.