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Albany River Rats Bus Accident
BECKET, Mass. — Three people were seriously injured when a bus carrying a minor league hockey team rolled on its side on Interstate 90 westbound in western Massachusetts early this morning, state police say.
The bus carrying the AHL’s Albany River Rats home from a game in Lowell struck a guard rail and rolled on its side in Becket at about 3:35 a.m., Sgt. David Mahan said.
Three people were taken to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield with what he called “serious” injuries. He did not release names. It was unclear whether those injured were players, coaches or management.
Twenty-nine others on the bus were taken to the hospital as a precaution.
Coach Jeff Daniels told the Times Union of Albany that four people were admitted to the hospital and the injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. He described them as lacerations.
The names of the injured would not be made public until their families were notified, Daniels said.
“We were very fortunate and lucky,” he said.
The accident is under investigation, but Mahan says slippery roads caused by overnight snow may have been a factor. Both lanes of the highway were closed following the single-vehicle accident, but traffic was allowed to pass in the breakdown lane.
The River Rats lost 3-2 in a shootout to the Lowell Devils on Wednesday night.
Albany is scheduled to play the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at home Friday, followed by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at home Sunday.
The Rochester Americans are not scheduled to play Albany until March 25.
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