(Plymouth County, IA) – Officials with the Remsen-St. Mary’s School District are asking for the public’s prayers, after the bus carrying the girls high school basketball team was involved in a crash with a car, a little after 1-p.m., today (Saturday), on U-S Highway 75 near Plymouth County road C-80.

A statement from the school district on social media said, “Please keep our girls basketball team and coaches in your prayers as they were involved in a car accident early this afternoon. There will be a rosary for the girls and coaches after 4:30 mass this evening.”

The Sioux City Diocese says the bus was on its way home from playing a in a scrimmage at Dakota Dunes, when the crash occurred.Some of the accident victims were transported to hospital in Sioux Falls. A detour was established for traffic to go around the accident scene, where both southbound lanes are blocked.

Additional details are currently not available.