 The Indians’ business manager contacted the police along the route and asked that they relay the message to Lohrke, which they did when the team stopped for dinner.Lohrke, under orders to report immediately to the Padres, removed his gear from the bus, said goodbye to his teammates, and hitched rides back to Spokane.Later that evening, the team bus broke through a guard rail on a mountain pass, plunged down a hill, and crashed.