The bus carried by Indiana Indianapolis Indiana Men’s Basketball Team broke out on Sunday, February 23, with players and team staff on board went out of security.
Shocking photos obtained by Wishnews8A Local CW subsidiary showed the consequences, with the Indy IU team bus, which was largely incinerated by the road.
“On the return of today’s game against northern Kentucky, the bus that was carrying the IU Indianapolis Men’s Basketball team experienced a mechanical problem that caused a fire around Kent, Indiana,” The school athletic department said in a statement. “All team members and staff evacuated the bus without injuries. Another bus is on the route to pick up the team and give them back to Indianapolis. “”
#Breaking: A bus carried by the IU Indy Men’s Basketball team burned down tonight near Kent, Indiana.
The team says that everyone evacuated and that there were no injuries.
Photographic credit: Amber Pickett@Wishnews8 #Indianapolis #Uindy pic.twitter.com/9YFCTFYRMQ
– Kyla Russell (@kylabrussell) February 24, 2025
According to the ABC WRTV-Indianapolis subsidiary, the team was collected by another bus that transported them safely to Campus on Sunday night.
WLWT-CINCINNATI (A local NBC subsidiary) obtained video of the fire, which showed the front of the bus completely swallowed up in flames.
The Associate Athletic Director of the School, Ed Holdawayhe said Yahoo sports That the fire “spread quickly, swallowing the whole bus”.
Most players and staff members “could only go out with what was in their person,” according to Holdaway, which meant that there was a “considerable loss of personal articles”. Holdaway said some individuals lost cell phones, portfolios and team teams.
Iu Indy returned to the house of a 71-67 road loss north of Kentucky. A member of the Horizon League conference, the IU Indy Jaguars fell to 9-20 with two remaining games in its regular seasonal schedule.
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At the time of the bus incident, members of the team who were able to save the phones removed them to document Calvary through social networks.
IU Indy Senior Guard Alec Miller Jokingly blamed the combustion. Chicago’s native shared a carbonized bus video Through its Instagram history On Sunday, writing, “My bad I started to bumps G 🔥🤦🏾♂️”.
Sophomore guard Nathan Duke shared a story about fire Through its Instagram historywriting, “crazy.” Paul ZilinskaA graduated student guard, shared his own video From outside the bus, he turned off a shot from his teammates on the side of the road to the Burned bus. “Alas,” he wrote.
Iu Indy returns to the court for home games against Robert Morris and Wright State on Thursday, February 27 and Saturday, March 1, respectively, before the Horizon League tournament presents on Tuesday, March 4.
