An Adams County school bus driver who had just picked up about 28 members of the Legacy High School football team at Denver International Airport died Sunday afternoon when she circled back to the airport and crashed into a concrete pillar. The female driver died at the scene, police spokesman John White said. Officials at Denver Health tell the KUSA TV station that they have five patients: two are in critical condition, two are in serious condition and one is in fair condition. An estimated 17 to 20 passengers were taken to nearby hospitals, authorities said. The bus driver had picked up about 28 players before leaving DIA — they were headed home after a trip to California — and she circled back to the airport terminal, DIA spokeswoman Stacy Stegman said. Bus driver killed on school bus crash came back through Denver international airport pic.twitter.com/2N6L3hAh6N — Bruce Finley (@finleybruce) September 11, 2016 
 
 School district officials said they could not provide information and the names of those on the bus were not released. The Adams 12 Five Star schools is a public district that serves suburbs north of Denver, including Broomfield, Federal Heights, Northglenn, Thornton and Westminster. The Legacy football team traveled to California to participate in a tournament where Legacy lost to Chino High School on Friday night. The Denver Post reports that uninjured students gathered with parents Sunday evening inside the airport.
– A school bus driver was killed and up to 20 of her passengers were hospitalized after a bizarre crash at Denver International Airport Sunday afternoon. Cops say the driver had picked up 28 members of the Legacy High School football team and four coaches when she inexplicably circled back to the airport, veered off a roadway, and crashed into a concrete pillar, the AP reports. Officials say the driver died at the scene and around 20 of her passengers were taken to local hospitals, including at least two in critical condition and two in serious condition. The Adams 12 Five Star Schools district school bus was one of three that had been picking up passengers who had joined the team's trip to a tournament in California. "The bus driver circled back around to this level. We don't know why," a police spokesman tells the Denver Post. "The early information from the other bus drivers is that it was quite curious to them. They really don't know why." (There have long been strange stories surrounding the airport.)