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Five Students Escape Serious Injury in Van Rollover
CHICAGO, IL (May 14, 2002) - Five members of the North Park University Choir
escaped serious injury late this morning when a van in which they were
riding rolled over in a ditch along Interstate 80 in western Pennsylvania,
Covenant News Service has learned.
The van was following a bus carrying other members of the university choir
as part of an 11-concert "Heaven and Earth" tour of the Great Lakes and
East Coast conferences of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
About 40 miles east of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state line, the van apparently
was cut off by a truck and forced into the ditch to avoid a collision,
according to an investigative report received by Jenny Holmgren Cobbley,
the university's director of communication. Investigators reported the van
was a total loss.
No serious injuries were reported, according to Cobbley. Two students
complained of sore muscles and were taken by ambulance to local hospitals
as a precautionary measure. Both were later released.
The group performed last evening in Hudson, Ohio, and was traveling to Port
Allegany, Pennsylvania, where the choir is scheduled to perform this
evening at the local high school.
"The situation could have been very, very bad, but it wasn't," said Carl
Balsam, university vice president who has been closely following events
surrounding the accident. Parents and others needing additional information
can call Cobbley at 773-244-5567.
The choir will return to Chicago May 23. The remaining tour schedule is as
follows:
- Tuesday, May 14 - 8 p.m., Evangelical Covenant Church in Port Allegany,
Pennsylvania (814-642-2272)
- Wednesday, May 15 - 7 p.m. Zion Covenant Church in Jamestown, New York
(716-488-9310)
- Thursday, May 16 - 7 p.m., Covenant Church of Easton, Easton,
Connecticut (203-371-8335)
- Friday, May 17 - 7:30 p.m., Cape Cod Covenant Church in Brewster,
Massachusetts (508-385-2223)
- Sunday, May 19 - 8:15 and 11 a.m., Bethany Covenant Church in Bedford,
New Hampshire (603-472-5545)
- Sunday, May 19 - 7 p.m., Trinity Covenant Church in Manchester,
Connecticut (860-649-2855)
- Tuesday, May 21 - 7 p.m., Covenant Community Church in Fairfield, Ohio
(513-942-5570)
- Wednesday, May 22 - 7 p.m., Evangelical Covenant Church in Lafayette,
Indiana (765-474-4842)
Rollo Dilworth directs the university choir. Karen Bauer directs the
Chamber Singers.
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