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03-14-2005, 10:21 PM
from ABC 13 in Virginia
"Pritchard, AL - Liberty University's Lacrosse Team is involved in a serious accident in Alabama, more than ten are injured, some seriously. The accident happened in Pritchard, Alabama around 2:00 Monday afternoon, Lynchburg time.
Two passenger vans carrying the team collided with oncoming traffic. We're told that at least 12 people were taken to area hospitals, including two who were airlifted. It appears four students are in critical condition and the team's coach may be unconscious.
One reporter on the scene described it to us as, -- quote -- "very bloody." Television station WEAR in Pensacola is reporting that the accident happened around 1:00pm Central Time on Route 45 near Pritchard.
We're told there are at 12 students who were taken to the hospital, 4 in critical condition and 8 with minor injuries. The accident happened when one of the rental vans carrying the team slowed down for a truck in front of it. A reporter at the scene tells us, that the second van struck the first one, forcing it into oncoming traffic.
Sources tell us one team member was ejected from the van and two more were trapped inside and had to be cut out."
"Pritchard, AL - Liberty University's Lacrosse Team is involved in a serious accident in Alabama, more than ten are injured, some seriously. The accident happened in Pritchard, Alabama around 2:00 Monday afternoon, Lynchburg time.
Two passenger vans carrying the team collided with oncoming traffic. We're told that at least 12 people were taken to area hospitals, including two who were airlifted. It appears four students are in critical condition and the team's coach may be unconscious.
One reporter on the scene described it to us as, -- quote -- "very bloody." Television station WEAR in Pensacola is reporting that the accident happened around 1:00pm Central Time on Route 45 near Pritchard.
We're told there are at 12 students who were taken to the hospital, 4 in critical condition and 8 with minor injuries. The accident happened when one of the rental vans carrying the team slowed down for a truck in front of it. A reporter at the scene tells us, that the second van struck the first one, forcing it into oncoming traffic.
Sources tell us one team member was ejected from the van and two more were trapped inside and had to be cut out."