The 42 people who survived were taken to hospital.
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“Prayers go out to Ramah Juco they suffered a horrific charter bus accident on the way to Fayetteville to face the University of God’s Chosen”.
Highway Patrol has identified the four people who were killed in a bus crash on Highway 74 Saturday in Richmond County.
The bus was traveling east on the USA 74 bypass to participate in a football game at the University of God’s Chosen.
The bus passengers were from several colleges in the greater Rock Hill, S.C., area, Gordon said in a written statement Sunday morning.
He later posted on his Facebook page asking everyone to offer prayers to coach Bakari Rawlinson and the student-athletes involved in the crash.
The bus struck a median guardrail and sideswiped a concrete bridge column.
State troopers closed westbound lanes on I-74 as they continued to investigate. Ten were originally taken to FirstHealth Richmond, but two were airlifted to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, officials told CBS North Carolina.
The bus was carrying a Rockhill football team to a game in Fayetteville.
Both lanes of USA 74 were closed for almost 10 hours after the crash, which is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Rockingham is located approximately 70 miles southeast of Charlotte, North Carolina. WRAL reported, citing troopers, that four people died and more than 40 others were injured. Photographs from the scene of the crash of the charter school bus, according to ABC News, showed the extent of the damage.
