A scary moment late Tuesday night for the Escanaba High School girls basketball team, as the team returned home after its game against the Marquette Sentinels in Marquette.
The team's bus slid on extremely icy roads and flipped onto its side along Highway M-553 near the Marquette County Fairgrounds at 9:25 Tuesday night, according to the Marquette County Sheriff's Department.
Deputies say the bus, carrying 19 people from the varsity and junior varsity teams, went onto its side off of the road after the driver lost control in the icy conditions.
Escanaba High School Athletic Director Nate Zaremba, after speaking with Eskymo Coach Tracy Hudson, told RRN News that two girls were taken to UPHS-Marquette for treatment of “minor injuries, bumps and bruises”. The sheriff said that the two girls, aged 17 and 18, were treated at the hospital for non-life-threatening injries.
Deputies said that two additional girls were treated at the scene and then released, making for a total of four girls who were hurt in the incident.
There was minor damage done to the bus, and it was towed out by Cross-Roads Towing. Zaremba says the Escanaba Schools sent vans to the scene to bring home the girls and the bus driver, and that Marquette Senior High School Athletic Director Jackson Ingalls went to the scene to help.
The Delta County Sheriff, meanwhile, urged people to stay off the roads, reporting extremely icy conditions. In Dickinson County, multiple cars were reported to be in ditches as the melting snow turned to ice. The Norway-Vulcan Schools canceled Wednesday's classes because of the treacherous conditions.
