A bus that transported a men’s basketball team of Indianapolis University on Sunday, February 2nd, the flames broke out, and the players and staff of the team on board left for safety.
Shocking photos obtained by Wishnews8The CW Local Branch showed the consequences, and the bus and Indy’s team was mostly burned on the motorway side.
“On his return from today’s match against northern Kentucky, a bus that transported a men’s basketball team and Indianapolisa experienced a mechanical question that caused a fire around Kent, Indiana,” and the school’s athletic department in a statement. “All team members and staff evacuated the bus without injury. The second bus is on the way to picking up the team and returning them to Indianapolis.”
#Breach: A bus transporting a men’s basketball team and Indya caught fire tonight near Kent, Indiana.
The team says everyone was evacuated and there were no injuries.
Photographer: Amber Pickett@Wishnews8 #Indianapolis #Uindy pic.twitter.com/9yfctfyrmq
– Kyla Russell (@Kylabrussell) 24. February 2025
According to the ABC Affiliate Wrtv-Indapanapolis, the team eventually picked up the second bus that was safely transported to campus on Sunday night.
Wlwt-cincinnati (Local NBC Branch) received a video of fire, which showed that the front end of the bus was completely preoccupied with a flame.
Packed athletic headmaster, Ed Holdawaysaid Yahoo Sports that the fire “spread quickly, occupying the whole bus.”
Most of the players and members of the “managed to go out only with what was on their person”, according to Holdaway, which meant that there was a “considerable loss of personal objects”. Holdaway said some individuals lost cell phones, wallets and team equipment.
IU Indy returned home from the loss of road 71-67 to North Kentucky. A member of the Horizon League IU Indy Jaguars has fallen to 9-20, and two games have remained in their regular schedule of the season.
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In moments after the painful bus incident, team members who were able to save their phones pulled them out to document the temptation through social media.
IU Indy Senior Guard Alec Millender She jokingly guilty of flames. Originally from Chicago shared a video of a carbon bus over his Instagram story On Sunday, writing, “My bad I started pouring G 🔥🤦🏾♂️.”
Sophomore guard Nathan Duke shared the story of a fire over his Instagram storywriting, “crazy.” Paul Zilinskagraduate student guard, shared his own video Out of the bus, panging from shooting their teammates to the side of the road to a burned bus. “Alas,” he wrote.
On Thursday, February 27, I was returning to court for home games against Robert Morris and the State Wright State, and on Saturday, March 1, before the Horizon League tournament on Tuesday, March 4th.