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CLE ELUM, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – No one was seriously injured after the La Conner High School girls’ soccer team was involved in a bus crash earlier this week.
The team was on the way to a state tournament match in Cle Elum the afternoon of Nov. 13 when their bus collided with a pickup truck on SB I-405 near Bothell.
KIRO News reports that the truck’s driver had some kind of medical episode and hit a barrier before crashing into the bus. There were three adults and 20 students on the bus, but no one was injured.
The Bothell Fire Department says the pickup truck’s driver suffered minor injuries, but didn’t need to go to the hospital.
Washington State Patrol is still investigating the exact cause of the crash.
The team went on to play Cle Elum on Nov. 14 but failed to advance in the first round of the state tournament.
“In my officiating career, I have never seen such a wonderful collection of players and coaches as I did last evening with La Conner High School. The team was exuberant in their expressions of joy, never stopped smiling, and obviously had fun, even when the match got out of hand score-wise,” said referee Gordon Kelly, who has over 35 years of experience officiating games. “They did not give up and represented La Conner High School and the La Conner community so positively. The coaches are to be congratulated for building this culture of high school athletics being fun, even in the face of adversity.”
