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Driver in van crash swerved, overcorrected, police say

Police have released details on how a van that was carrying members of the College Heights Secondary School girls volleyball team when went off the road early Tuesday afternoon.
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Police have released details on how a van that was carrying members of the College Heights Secondary School girls volleyball team when went off the road early Tuesday afternoon.

The driver had veered to avoid an obstruction then overcorrected and the van went into the ditch, B.C. RCMP traffic services Cpl. Mike Halskov said Thursday.

Ten players and two adults were in the 15-passenger van. They were on their way to the B.C. AAA high school championships when the mishap occurred on Highway 97 just north of Cache Creek.

Halskov said four people were taken to hospital in Kamloops with non-life-threatening injuries.

"The coach was in a separate vehicle and took charge of the remaining people at the scene and there was a chaperone that accompanied the four injured people to hospital," Halskov said.

Those injured were later released from hospital and the team returned to Prince George on Wednesday.