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'Everyone's OK': New Castle gymnastics team involved in head-on crash on way to regional

(Photo: Sheriff Matt Myers, Facebook)

BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY — Saturday's Indiana High School Athletic Association gymnastics regional at Columbus East has been postponed following a head-on crash with a school bus carrying the New Castle gymnastics team.

According to a Facebook post by Bartholomew County Sheriff Matt Myers, county deputies were dispatched to the 17000 Block of East SR 46 at 9:19 a.m. The bus carrying New Castle gymnasts and coaches collided head-on with a Ford SUV.

All the players were checked by and released at the scene and an assistant coach was transported to Columbus Regional Hospital with reported rib pain.