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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Economy Borough, PA) A bus carrying the Aliquippa Junior High School football team crashed on Shaffer Road in Economy Borough on Saturday, which sent twenty-two people to the hospital. The bus was traveling to Pine-Richland High School when according to a source close to the investigation, the bus rounded a bend and veered off the road, striking a hillside, causing it to briefly tip, before landing upright. A utility pole was also struck and some live wires were also knocked down and the wires were what some players had to navigate through as they went out of the bus. Economy Borough Police Chief Michael O’Brien said that 28 people were on the bus, which were the bus driver, two adults and 25 children. According to O’Brien, at least 21 children and the driver were taken to area hospitals. The Aliquippa School District has confirmed one football player is in critical condition at UPMC Children’s Hospital. Most of the others who got injured have been discharged. A spokesperson at Allegheny Health Network also told KDKA-TV that two others remain at Allegheny General Hospital with both their conditions and ages unknown. Today is also the day where resources for mental health will be at Aliquippa Junior High School and the crash is still being investigated. The Aliquippa School District also noted that this week, games and practices for them are cancelled.