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The college baseball player killed in Wednesday's bus crash in Iowa has been identified as 19-year-old Carter Johnson from South Dakota
The bus carrying more than two dozen athletes and staff members from Iowa Lakes Community College crashed while it was en route to Arkansas
Teammates performed CPR on Johnson but he died at the scene, police said
An Iowa college baseball team is "heartbroken" this week as it mourns a 19-year-old freshman who died afterthe team's bus crashedon the way to a series of games this weekend in Arkansas.
Iowa Lakes Community College announced Carter Johnson died in the crash Wednesday morning, according to local affiliatesKCRGandKHAK.
"Carter was a great teammate, a friend, and a valued member of our athletic community," Iowa Lakes Community College's athletic director Troy Larson said in a statement, according to KCRG. "We're heartbroken for this tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with Carter's family, we cannot imagine the depth of their loss, and we are holding them close in our hearts."
Johnson was a freshman from South Dakota, according to the outlet.
The crash, which also injured the other 32 passengers aboard the team's bus, happened on Highway 4 near Twin Lakes just after 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, the Iowa State Patrol (ISP) confirmed in apress release.
Citing police, KCRG reported that the team's 74-year-old bus driver veered off the road and crashed when he overcorrected while trying to get back in the lane, rolling the bus over into a ditch along the highway. Two of the passengers were reportedly ejected from the bus and trapped under the bus when it came to a stop. A van carrying other student-athletes that was traveling behind the team's bus stopped, and the classmates attempted to perform CPR on Johnson, who died at the scene, according to the outlet.
Images from the scene showed the Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team's bus overturned on its side with visible damage to the front as it lay in a ditch before eventually being towed away.
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At the time of the deadly crash, the baseball team was on their way to play North Arkansas College in Harrison, Ark., the Northark Pioneers confirmed in aFacebook post.
"Our hearts are heavy as we grieve alongside the Iowa Lakes College community," Dr. Rick Massengale, North Arkansas College president, said in a statement. "The loss of a life is a tragedy that reaches far beyond one campus."
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