US EditionOne Dead, Dozens Hurt when Bus Carrying Community College Baseball Team Crashes in Iowa
One player died and 32 others were injured when the Iowa Lakes baseball team bus overturned; authorities suspect driver over-correction caused the crash, officials said.
- On Feb 12, 2026, authorities identified 19-year-old Carter Johnson from Rapid City as the sole fatality after the Iowa Lakes Community College bus overturned near Twin Lakes, about 85 miles northwest of Des Moines.
- The Iowa State Patrol said the driver over-corrected while navigating a curve on Iowa Highway 4 in rural Calhoun County, causing the bus to leave the road and flip multiple times.
- Teammates in a trailing van performed CPR on Johnson before first responders arrived, and three were airlifted to trauma hospitals in Des Moines while others went by ambulance to area hospitals.
- Iowa Lakes announced it canceled four games at North Arkansas College and Troy Larson, Iowa Lakes athletic director, said coaches and players will decide on the season next week.
- Johnson, known as Carter "Tater" Johnson, was listed as a freshman outfielder on the Iowa Lakes roster, and former coach Jason Nell said `Going through the whole situation, coaching and travel, I know exactly what, you know, how it is. I know exactly the route they were taking. I know driving the vehicles, driving vans, driving the mini bus. I know the whole situation is just, it's hard to comprehend. Again, it's just, my heart is heavy`, Nell said.
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College baseball player killed, 32 others injured in Iowa bus crash: officials
Authorities on Thursday identified a 19-year-old from South Dakota as the sole fatality of a bus crash in rural Iowa that injured 32 other members of a community college's baseball team.
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siouxfallslive.comIowa bus crash claims the life of former Rapid City baseball player
RAPID CITY — A former Rapid City Stevens High School athlete and Iowa Lakes Community College baseball player was killed Tuesday morning when his teams bus crashed in Calhoun County in Iowa. Carter Johnson, a former athlete at Stevens High School and Post 22 baseball, died after the bus went off the road and flipped near Twin Lakes, about 110 miles northwest of Des Moines. The team was traveling to Arkansas at the time of the crash. Johnson was …
Teammates ‘Heartbroken’ After College Baseball Player, 19, Dies In Bus Crash on Iowa Highway While Traveling to Game
Carter Johnson was killed when the team's bus crashed and rolled over into a ditch on Wednesday, Feb. 11Carter Johnson Iowa Lakes Community CollegeNEED TO KNOWThe college baseball player killed in Wednesday's bus crash in Iowa has been identified as 19-year-old Carter Johnson from South DakotaThe bus carrying more than two dozen athletes and staff members from Iowa Lakes Community College crashed while it was en route to ArkansasTeammates perfor…
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Iowa bus crash killed a 19-year-old college baseball player from South Dakota, officials say
Authorities have identified a 19-year-old from South Dakota as the sole fatality of a bus crash in rural Iowa that injured 32 other members of a community college’s baseball team.
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