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Canada: multiple deaths after truck collides with junior hockey team bus Canada: 14 dead after junior hockey team bus collides with truck
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A crash between a transport truck and a bus carrying a junior hockey team in Western Canada left multiple people dead and others seriously injured, Canadian police said late on Friday. A crash between a transport truck and a bus carrying a junior hockey team in western Canada has left 14 people dead and others seriously injured, Canadian police said.
The bus was carrying the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan junior hockey league to the town of Nipawin for a playoff game. It collided with a transport truck. The bus was carrying the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan junior hockey league to the town of Nipawin for a playoff game.
Thhe Humboldt Broncos were on their way to Nipawin for Game 5 of its SJHL semifinal series | 'You are in Saskatchewan's hearts': Deaths confirmed in junior hockey team bus crashhttps://t.co/Fv5jotTenj pic.twitter.com/1YusMNM4vm “There have been multiple fatalities, our whole community is in shock,” said Kevin Garinger, the president of the Humboldt Broncos.
“There have been multiple fatalities our whole community is in shock,” said Kevin Garinger, president of the Humboldt Broncos. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said there were 28 people on the bus when the crash happened on Friday afternoon. Fourteen of them were killed, including the driver, and the other 14 had been taken to hospital, three of them in critical condition.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have not released how many people died or were injured in the crash. Garinger said parents from across Western Canada are rushing to the scene as they struggle to cope with the tragedy. Garinger said parents were rushing to the scene as they struggled to cope with the tragedy.
Some of them are waiting to hear if their kids are alive. “It’s a horrible accident, my God,” said Darren Opp, the president of the Nipawin Hawks hockey team. “It’s very, very bad.”
“It’s a horrible accident, my God,” said Darren Opp, president of the Nipawin Hawks hockey team. “It’s very, very bad.” The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said on Twitter that he could not imagine what the parents were going through.
Opp said a truck crashed into the players’ bus, adding that the coaching staff and players from the Hawks are waiting to help. I cannot imagine what these parents are going through, and my heart goes out to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy, in the Humboldt community and beyond. https://t.co/2cIn2CTy08
Opp said the coaching staff and players from the Hawks are waiting to help.
“They are sitting in the church just waiting to hear any good news,” he said. “There’s uncles and moms and dads waiting to hear whether their sons and nephews are OK.”“They are sitting in the church just waiting to hear any good news,” he said. “There’s uncles and moms and dads waiting to hear whether their sons and nephews are OK.”
The bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos has been involved in a serious crash with an 18-wheeler enroute to their game against the Nipawin Hawks. RCMP has confirmed that there have been casualties, but are unable to give details at this time. #PrayersForHumboldt pic.twitter.com/d3NsUlDPeNThe bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos has been involved in a serious crash with an 18-wheeler enroute to their game against the Nipawin Hawks. RCMP has confirmed that there have been casualties, but are unable to give details at this time. #PrayersForHumboldt pic.twitter.com/d3NsUlDPeN
Pastor Jordan Gadsby at the Apostolic Church in Nipawin said more than a hundred people gathered at the church. “Some of them are waiting to hear if their kids are alive.” Pastor Jordan Gadsby at the Apostolic Church in Nipawin said more than 100 people had gathered at the church. “Some of them are waiting to hear if their kids are alive.”
Gadsby said they know there are multiple fatalities, but they have not heard how many.
Garinger, who has one of the players living in his home, said they still do not know his fate.Garinger, who has one of the players living in his home, said they still do not know his fate.
“We don’t know who has passed and we don’t expect to know right away,” he said. “We know that the coroner and their office need to do their work and let families know.”“We don’t know who has passed and we don’t expect to know right away,” he said. “We know that the coroner and their office need to do their work and let families know.”
Kevin Henry, a coach who runs a hockey school in Prince Albert, said people are in shock. “It is sort of every parent’s worst nightmare. Kevin Henry, a coach who runs a hockey school in Prince Albert, said people were in shock. “It is sort of every parent’s worst nightmare.
“This is I would think one of the darkest days in the history of Saskatchewan, especially because hockey is so ingrained in how we grow up here,” Henry said. “This is, I would think, one of the darkest days in the history of Saskatchewan, especially because hockey is so ingrained in how we grow up here,” he said.
RCMP said the collision occurred late on Friday afternoon. “I cannot imagine what these parents are going through, and my heart goes out to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy, in the Humboldt community and beyond,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted.
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