Fourteen people are dead following a crash between a semi and a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team in north-central Saskatchewan, RCMP confirm.
The 14 were among 28 people on the bus at the time of the collision, according to an update from Mounties sent shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday. The other 14, three of which were in critical condition, were all sent to hospital.
The update did not include information on the semi driver and police did not state if the casualties were players or coaches, but a tweet from the sister of Broncos head coach Darcy Haugan stated her brother was one of the people killed.
“My brother didn’t make it,” the tweet read.
The crash occurred Friday at about 5 p.m. on Highway 35, about 30 kilometres north of Tisdale, according to RCMP.
Kevin Garinger, president of the Broncos, described the collision as a “horrible tragedy.”
“Our Broncos family is in shock as we try to come to grips with our incredible loss,” he said in a statement released by the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team.
The bus was T-boned by a transport truck, according to the president of the Nipawin Hawks, who were scheduled to play the Broncos Friday night.
"It's a horrible accident, my God," Hawks president Darren Opp told The Canadian Press. "There's uncles and moms and dads waiting to hear whether their sons and nephews are OK.
"It's terrible. It's absolutely terrible."
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