One Northeastern student was killed and two others were injured early Saturday morning when their Ford Mustang swerved out of its lane into the path of an oncoming car.

The three students, members of the Alpine Ski Team, were on their way to Berkshire East to compete when the crash occurred around 7:30 a.m.

Michael Costa, 19, a freshman criminal justice major, was transported to Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, but died shortly after, said Greenfield Police Lieutenant Gary Magnan.

The driver, Keith Bertolino, 18, a freshman engineering major, was in critical condition Tuesday at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.

Ski team captain Rob Fox, who stayed at the hospital with the families for the weekend, said Bertolino sustained a fractured vertebrae, bleeding and swelling of the brain, a punctured lung and broken ribs.

“It’s horrible, I mean it was already too horrible, but we were pretty close to losing two or all three of them,” Fox said.

The front seat passenger, Kristina Brodsky, 19, a sophomore business major, was in fair condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.

She also fractured a vertebrae, had a collapsed lung, a lacerated spleen and liver and a fractured pelvis, Fox said.

The team had driven the two hours west of Boston the night before and stayed in a hotel. The Mustang was the third in a line of cars to leave for the slopes early Saturday.

“They were the last car and we had realized that they weren’t behind us anymore for about 10 minutes and then we were trying to call their phones and we couldn’t get any service,” Fox said.

The car was traveling westbound on Route 2 when it left its lane and was struck by an Audi traveling east. The driver, Lamia Holland, 32, of Shellborn, was treated at the scene.

After the crash, most of the team returned to Boston. As is customary of their team and most other recreational groups at Northeastern, Fox said, they had driven themselves to the event.

Fox said Costa was usually the one to drive to meets, but had decided to ride with Bertolino this time instead.

“It was … a traumatic, unexpected kind of a thing. Kids weren’t doing anything wrong, they were just driving to a ski race in the morning and were very unlucky,” said faculty advisor Jeff Doughty.

Though Costa had just joined the team this year, Fox said he had already become an integral part.

When the team returned to Boston Sunday night, they gathered at Fox’s apartment.

“We all kind of just sat around telling all the funny stories we had about Mike and we really realized that even though we only knew him for a couple of months, we had a lot of them, you know,” Fox said.

Fox said Costa was “surrounded by laughter.” He said his freshman teammate, who volunteered to let the team stay at his house in New Hampshire for a pre-season session, was always relaxed and never let anything bother him.

Members of the counseling center met with the team last night to offer their services and help them deal with what happened.

In addition, President Richard Freeland released a statement to the university to assist the students in understanding and coping with the second tragic event Northeastern students have been faced with in the last two weeks.

Last Sunday, James D. Grabowski, the 21-year-old brother of a Northeastern freshman, was killed in a hit-and-run accident on the corner of St. Stephen Street and Symphony Road.

“It’s just been a really kind of dark past couple week and it’s extremely sad to lose a fellow student,” said Student Government Association President Michael Romano. “I think, when you lose students in the Northeastern community, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for everyone to kind of deal with.”

Northeastern will be providing transportation for any students interested in attending either the wake or the funeral for Costa.

“Our condolences go out to his friends and family. We’re very devastated by the loss of such a promising young person at Northeastern,” said university spokeswoman Emily Donahue.

Viewing hours for the wake will be today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A bus will be leaving from Forsyth Street at 5:30 p.m.

A funeral service will be held at Holy Angels Church in Upton on Thursday at 10 a.m. A bus will leave from Forsyth Street at 8:30 a.m.

Magnan said the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

“We’re all still kind of in the numb stage,” Fox said. “It hasn’t really quite set in yet. Well, it’s starting to. It’s a lot of different emotions right now.”