A Saskatchewan court heard Monday that a semi-truck driver barrelled through an oversized stop sign with a flashing red light before the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash.

An agreed statement of facts said Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was going between 86 and 96 km/h when he drove into a rural intersection north of Tisdale last April.

B次元官网网址淭he driver of the semi-tractor unit failed to recognize the hazard and took minimal or no action and effort to avoid the collision,B次元官网网址� Crown prosecutor Thomas Healey said.

B次元官网网址淭he driver of the semi-tractor unit failed to recognize that his vehicle was approaching an intersection and did not stop as required. The actions of Mr. Sidhu while operating the semi-tractor unit caused the collision.B次元官网网址�

Glen Doerksen, the driver of the Broncos junior hockey team bus, hit the brakes and the bus skidded for about 24 metres. It T-boned the truck at an impact of between 96 and 107 km/h.

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Healey said there was no way Doerksen could have avoided the collision. The transport truck was fully in the intersection across all lanes of traffic.

B次元官网网址淭he driver of the bus recognized the hazard as quickly as possible,B次元官网网址� Healey told court.

The statement said RCMP found no evidence that Sidhu had used drugs or alcohol or that he was distracted by a cellphone. The weather and road conditions were good.

The posted speed limit on both roads was 100 km/h.

Sixteen people were killed and 13 others on the bus were injured.

Sidhu, 30, pleaded guilty earlier this month to 29 counts of dangerous driving. He was hauling a load of peat moss when his rig and the Broncos bus collided. He was not injured.

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Five days have been set aside for his sentencing hearing in a makeshift courtroom in Melfort, Sask. An event centre is being used to accommodate all the families, survivors and media.

Bernadine Boulet of Lethbridge, Alta., struggled through tears as she stood up to give the first victim impact statement of 75 expected to be entered in court. She said the death of her 21-year-old son, Logan, has left a constant ache in her chest.

B次元官网网址淚 am constantly surrounded by reminders of Logan. Many of them make me smile and remember my amazing, teasing, kind son,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淏ut often itB次元官网网址檚 the little things that are the most difficult and my chest aches, my throat constricts and tears fill my eyes.B次元官网网址�

Boulet noted her son wanted to become a teacher, like both his parents. Now she wonB次元官网网址檛 get to help him set up his first classroom.

B次元官网网址淭his crash has cheated us out of many things in our future. It has cheated Logan out of his future,B次元官网网址� she said.

Boulet said sheB次元官网网址檇 give anything to have her son come through the front door, flop on the couch and leave a dirty egg pan in the kitchen.

B次元官网网址淚 struggle with the fact Logan will not be coming home again.B次元官网网址�

Toby Boulet said heB次元官网网址檚 trying to find peace in the consuming grief over his son. He also said he doesnB次元官网网址檛 think the truck driver is an evil person.

B次元官网网址淚 need to tell Mr. Sidhu that I do not believe that you got out of bed on the morning of April 6 to cause a crash, that he would ultimately kill our only son Logan,B次元官网网址� he said.

B次元官网网址淚 believe he feels tremendous remorse with all of the fiber of his being B次元官网网址� I believe Mr. Sidhu wishes he could start April 6 all over again. I want the same. We all want the same.

B次元官网网址淏ut, Mr. Sidhu, I know that this cannot happen and our Logan is not coming home.B次元官网网址�

Robin Lukan, the mother of 21-year-old Conner Lukan who was a forward on the team, said he loved to play hockey and was on skates before he was two years old.

B次元官网网址淗e was 23 months old when his dad built him and his brother a skating rink outside,B次元官网网址� said Lukan from Slave Lake, Alta. B次元官网网址淚 remember having the hardest time trying to find skates that small.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 here today to look at the man who is responsible for taking my son away from me. I have no forgiveness,B次元官网网址� she said.

B次元官网网址淚 want you to know you have forever destroyed the beautiful family I worked my entire life to create.B次元官网网址�

Lukan said her son will never be forgotten, but B次元官网网址渘o consequence, no sentence, no apology, no admission of guilt will ever be enough to fill the void that has been left.B次元官网网址�

The Canadian Press

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