1 dead, 2 dozen hurt in bus crash

A college student died while more than two dozen other passengers and the driver were injured when a bus returning from a hockey game struck a tree in suburban Boston, authorities said.

The preliminary investigation suggests the bus was returning to Brandeis University from a hockey game at Northeastern University in Boston about 10:30 p.m. Saturday when it crashed in Waltham not far from the Brandeis campus, according to a statement from Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Waltham police Chief Kevin O'connell.

One student died at the scene.

The university, which has about 5,500 undergraduate and graduate students, canceled classes for Monday and Tuesday.