Post by 01- PirateDave on Feb 21, 2015 10:43:20 GMT -6
Poor Babies, 2 whole miles!
Icy Roads in Alabama Force College Basketball Team to Walk 2 Miles to Their Hotel
Feb 21, 2015, 10:45 AM ET
By CORINNE CATHCART and RACHEL KATZ via GOOD MORNING AMERICA
Icy roads forced a college basketball team to walk two miles to their hotel after their bus was unable to drive down an Alabama interstate.
Ericka Smith, a sophomore with the Middle Georgia State College basketball team, told ABC News that her school's men's and women's basketball teams boarded a bus Friday afternoon en route to Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tennessee, for games this weekend.
But less than an hour from their destination on Friday night, the bus driver pulled over on Interstate 65, saying the roads were too icy to safely continue.
With their hotel about three miles away, the team gathered up their belongings and started walking.
Athens Police Chief Floyd Johnson said officers would drive the players to their bus today if the roads were safe.
Icy roads have caused issues for many other drivers in Alabama.
Neil Johnson, who was traveling from Nashville to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, said he and dozens of other drivers were stuck on Interstate 65 for more than 12 hours because of accidents and icy roads. The trip, he said, usually takes about two hours.
Icy Roads in Alabama Force College Basketball Team to Walk 2 Miles to Their Hotel
Feb 21, 2015, 10:45 AM ET
By CORINNE CATHCART and RACHEL KATZ via GOOD MORNING AMERICA
Icy roads forced a college basketball team to walk two miles to their hotel after their bus was unable to drive down an Alabama interstate.
Ericka Smith, a sophomore with the Middle Georgia State College basketball team, told ABC News that her school's men's and women's basketball teams boarded a bus Friday afternoon en route to Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tennessee, for games this weekend.
But less than an hour from their destination on Friday night, the bus driver pulled over on Interstate 65, saying the roads were too icy to safely continue.
With their hotel about three miles away, the team gathered up their belongings and started walking.
Athens Police Chief Floyd Johnson said officers would drive the players to their bus today if the roads were safe.
Icy roads have caused issues for many other drivers in Alabama.
Neil Johnson, who was traveling from Nashville to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, said he and dozens of other drivers were stuck on Interstate 65 for more than 12 hours because of accidents and icy roads. The trip, he said, usually takes about two hours.
good luck to all!