A Ball State bus caught fire before pulling to the side of Interstate 69 south this afternoon.
The only person on the bus was the driver, said Tony Proudfoot, a university spokesperson.
The bus was on its way to the Indianapolis airport to pick up cheerleaders, he said.
The fire blocked traffic near the 208-mile marker, north of Indianapolis, as heavy black smoke rolled east across the highway.
“[The driver] smelled smoke, followed his training and immediately pulled off and got out before any harm came to him, so we’re thankful for that,” Proudfoot said.
No one was injured, said John Mehling, public information officer for the Fishers Fire Department.
The cheerleading team had been in Orlando for the UCA & UDA College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship, said Tara Spitzer-Long, a senior exercise and physical science major and a member of the team.
She had just gotten to the airport when she saw photos of the bus.
“It looked really bad in the pictures, so we were thankful that the bus driver was OK, and thankful that none of our team was on there,” she said.
Another bus had arrived for the team by about 2:30 p.m.
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