WA high school bus involved in deadly crash, wresting team safe

Two major crashes snarl traffic on HWY 97 in Douglas County, WA

A deadly crash between U.S. Route 2 and the Beebe Bridge shut down U.S. 97 for hours, forcing drivers onto lengthy detours across the Columbia River.

LEAVENWORTH, Wash. - One person is dead after a vehicle crashed into a school bus carrying a Washington high school's wrestling team on December 6. 

While the bus driver was injured, the team and other occupants on the Cascade School District bus were unharmed. The driver of the vehicle that hit the bus was killed in the crash. They lost control over a stretch of icy roads, according to CSD.

The bus was taking the students to a tournament in the Leavenworth area at the time of the crash along Highway 97 near Knapps Tunnel.

What they're saying:

"All students and the coach are unharmed. However, our bus driver received a non-critical injury, and the driver of the oncoming vehicle may have sustained more severe injuries. Our students were checked out at Lake Chelan Medical Center as a precaution, but they all appear to be unharmed," read a statement, in part, from the Cascade School District.

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