Bus carrying Braves' minor-league affiliate flips over on highway

Eight members of the Carolina Mudcats - the High-A minor-league affiliate of the Atlanta Braves - were taken to hospital Tuesday morning after a bus transporting the team to Myrtle Beach flipped onto its side around 3:45 a.m.

The bus rolled over on Clarendon Chadbourn Road in Columbus County after the driver lost control of the vehicle, though none of those taken to hospital - including seven players and one trainer - appeared seriously injured.

"Some of the players held on to their seatmates so they wouldn't be harmed any further," Mudcats director of broadcasting and media relations Greg Young told WECT.com. "Everyone kind of huddle up and when the bus stopped everybody got up as fast as they could. Everyone checked on each other to see if there were any major injuries."

The bus was eventually pulled upright around 6:00 a.m. The Mudcats' series opener against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, scheduled for 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday evening, was canceled.

"Can't put into words right how (grateful) I am to have not been injured tonight," Young wrote on Twitter. "Please keep the injured players in your thoughts & prayers."