Crime & Safety

Pregnant Coach, Driver Dead After Seton Hill Women's Lacrosse Bus Crash [UPDATE]

Local students were on board when the bus crashed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Updated Sunday at 9:30 p.m.

A bus carrying the Seton Hill University lacrosse team, including women from Collegeville and Perkiomenville, crashed while traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Carlisle on Saturday morning, killing the team's pregnant coach, her unborn child and the bus driver, according to PhillyBurbs.

The driver of the bus, Anthony Guaetta, 61, of Johnstown, died at the scene of the crash. The team's head coach, Kristina Quigley, 30, of Greensburg died of her injuries at a hospital, and her unborn son also died.

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Nicole Rossi, a sophomore and Methacton High School graduate, of Collegeville, and Rachel Hilbert, a senior, of Perkiomenville and a Boyertown High School graduate, were among the Seton Hill players on the bus headed to games at Millersville University on Saturday and Grand Valley State University on Sunday, according to the school's printed schedule.

A call came in around 9 a.m. Saturday for the accident, which occurred on the Pennsylvania Turnpike around mile-marker 227 in Middlesex Township, according to Deadspin.com.

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According to the Associated Press, the bus was carrying 23 people, several of whom sustained severe injuries.

The status of local players Rossi and Hilbert was not immediately known.

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