College basketball team evacuates bus before it goes up in flames on highway

A scary moment occurred near Kent, Indiana, as a bus carrying the Indiana University Indianapolis men’s basketball team caught fire on the way back from a road game on Saturday. 

The team was returning from its game against Northern Kentucky when a mechanical issue caused the bus to catch fire. 

The entire team and staff evacuated the bus safely, according to a post from IU Indy Athletics on X. The post also mentioned another bus was en route at the time to pick them up for the trip back to Indianapolis. 

The Horizon League Tournament, the conference in which the Jaguars play, begins on March 4. 

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Scott Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

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