Victim identified in fatal Harford County party bus crash that hospitalized 23 people
Police identified the person who died Sunday morning in a Harford County party bus crash as Alexis Nicole Kegler, a 30-year-old from Philadelphia.
Kegler died after a bus hit an Interstate 95 guardrail around 6 a.m., sending 23 people to the hospital, according to fire and police officials. She was a tech support analyst at Verizon and had studied computer science and network security at Temple University in Philadelphia, according to a LinkedIn profile.
Initial investigation findings show the driver of the bus, which carried 24 people, lost control “for unknown reasons” and crashed into the guardrail south of exit 80 onto Riverside Parkway in Belcamp, according to a state police news release.
Police did not confirm the number or severity of injuries. The Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company said on social media that a total of 23 patients were taken to hospitals in Baltimore, Bel Air and Aberdeen, with “several in serious condition.” Police reported around 9 a.m. Sunday that someone had died. There are still no updates on the crash’s cause, and no charges have been issued, state police said Tuesday.
A bus labeled with the name “Just Becuz Entertainment Party Bus Service,” a Philadelphia company, was pulled over to the shoulder as police investigated the crash site. State police confirmed that this was the bus that crashed.
A commercial paramedic ambulance and an off-duty D.C. Fire And EMS paramedic were the first on scene, according to the Abingdon Fire Company.
The crash shut down northbound lanes of the interstate at mile marker 77 until after 11 a.m. Sunday.