The images of the flames roaring from the rear of a charter bus, creating a thick black smoke in the air, which moments before contained the IU Indy male basketball, has emerged.
The bus that takes the Jaguars back to the campus from a road game against northern Kentucky is involved in flames outside Kent, Indiana, more than 90 miles south of Indianapolis.
The bus driver and an IU coach noticed for the first time after the vehicle had a mechanical problem.
Trying to find out what went wrong, the flames were seen and the bus was quickly evacuated moments before the flames were at the top where the Jaguars were previously sitting.
All on the bus had moved to a mile on the road when the bus exploded, causing a total loss worth approximately $ 20K in teams of teams and personal items belonging to the coaches and players.
Among the lost articles were the phones, the wallets, the team shoes, the jaguars shirts and the coaches of the coaches.
New scary images of the bus have emerged with the IU Indy male basketball team
Miraculously, everyone evacuated the bus on time and no one was injured in the fire
Miraculously, nobody was injured in the fire, since it seems that everyone went down on the bus just before a new tragedy could occur.
“On the way back today against northern Kentucky, the bus transported to the IU Indianapolis men's basketball team experienced a mechanical problem that caused a fire around Kent, Indiana,” said Iu Indy Athletics in a Sunday statement .
'All team members and staff evacuated the bus without injuries. Another bus is on its way to collecting the equipment and returning them to Indianapolis.
A link to donate to Jaguars' Nil Fundwhich will help the recovery efforts of the school has also been distributed.
It was revealed that the other bus was from a nearby school district, by WLWT.
Hours before the explosion, the Jaguars lost to northern Kentucky 71-67 in the action of the Horizon League.
The Jaguars are 9-20 after the defeat against northern Kentucky, but they end the regular season with two games at home before the Horizon League tournament.
IU INDY would need a conference tournament to continue his season at March Madness.
The Jaguars have not made the NCAA tournament since 2003, where as a seed no 16, Kentucky fell from then on.
IU INDY has not won a regular seasonal conference championship since 2006.