Texas college grieves after 4 killed in bus crash
A North Texas community college brought in counselors to comfort grieving students Saturday and canceled athletic competitions after four women’s softball players were killed when an 18-wheel truck veered into oncoming traffic on a major interstate highway and crashed into the side of their team bus.
The collision near Davis, Okla., late Friday badly damaged the driver’s side of the North Central Texas College team bus driven by a coach with 15 players aboard as they returned from a scrimmage against Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Okla.
In addition to the deaths, two team members remained in hospitals Saturday, one in critical condition. The other nine players were treated and released, along with the coach.
“This is the most traumatic event that NCTC has had in its 90 years of history,” College President Brent Wallace said at a news conference Saturday in Gainesville, Texas, about 60 miles south of the crash site on Interstate 35.
The four players killed were identified by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol as Meagan Richardson, 19, Brooke Deckard, 20, Katelynn Woodlee, 18, and Jaiden Pelton 20. The women all were from small North Texas towns near the campus.
Tennis • Petra Kvitova backed up her lopsided win over Eugenie Bouchard at Wimbledon with another emphatic victory over the Canadian to capture the inaugural Wuhan (China) Open title on Saturday. The third-seeded Czech player saved seven of eight break points she faced in the second set to close out a 6-3, 6-4 win over the sixth-seeded Bouchard in scorching conditions. It was Kvitova’s third title of the year and also secured her spot at the season-ending WTA finals in Singapore, alongside No. 1 Serena Williams, Simona Halep and Maria Sharapova. ... Second-seeded Andy Murray rallied from a set down to beat Juan Monaco of Argentina 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 Saturday and reach the final of the Shenzhen (china) Open. Murray will meet Tommy Robredo of Spain in Sunday’s final. Robredo overpowered sixth-seeded Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 6-1, 6-4. ... Rafael Nadal’s right wrist is healthy enough to allow him to compete again as he prepares for a tough first-round match this week against Frenchman Richard Gasquet at the China Open in Beijing.
NBA • The Philadelphia 76ers acquired guard Keith Bogans and a 2018 second-round draft pick from the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday in exchange for their 2015 second-round pick. The Cavaliers will receive a trade exception of about $5.3 million without taking up a roster spot. The 76ers’ pick is protected.
Golf • John Cook shot a 4-under 68 at Pebble Beach on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Tom Byrum and Skip Kendall in the Champions Tour’s First Tee Open. ... England’s Laura Davies and Trish Johnson teamed to win two matches in the ISPS Handa Cup, and Juli Inkster and Meg Mallon rebounded to help the United States tie the World team 12-12 Saturday in West Point, Miss.
Cycling • Pauline Ferrand Prevot of France won the road race in a photo finish at the road cycling world championships on Saturday in Ponferrada, Spain.
Associated Press
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