RCMP say 14 people are dead and 14 people were injured Friday after a truck collided with a bus carrying a junior hockey team to a playoff game in northeastern Saskatchewan.
Police say there were 28 people including the driver on board the Humboldt Broncos bus when the crash occurred at around 5 p.m. on Highway 35 north of Tisdale.
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No names were released and police would not say whether the dead include players or coaches. There was no mention of the truck driver.
The bus was carrying the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. It collided with a transport truck about 30 kilometres north of community of Tisdale.
The team was on the way to Nipawin for a playoff game when the crash happened.
Darren Opp, president of the Nipawin Hawks, said a semi T-boned the playersB次元官网网址� bus.
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Opp said the coaching staff and players from the Hawks are waiting to help.
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B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 uncles and moms and dads waiting to hear whether their sons and nephews are OK.
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We ask all members of the SaskHockey community to join us in saying a prayer for the the Humboldt Broncos team and their families.
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Pastor Jordan Gadsby at the Apostolic Church in Nipawin said more than a hundred people have gathered at the church B次元官网网址� including parents and grandparents of the players who were on the bus.
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The chairman of the board for the league was also awaiting more official details.
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Kevin Henry, a coach who runs a hockey school in Prince Albert, said he knows players on the team.
B次元官网网址淧eople are in such shock. All these young men and boys. We send our kids to play hockey. It is sort of every parentB次元官网网址檚 worst nightmare,B次元官网网址� he said.
B次元官网网址淭his 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.B次元官网网址�
STARS air ambulance has confirmed that they sent three helicopters to the scene.
The Western Hockey League Swift Current Broncos expressed their condolences.
B次元官网网址淗umboldt Broncos weighing heavy in our hearts and minds tonight,B次元官网网址� the team said on Twitter.
Four members of the Swift Current Broncos were killed in a bus crash in Saskatchewan in 1986.
Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy, who was one of the players on the bus in 1986, also sent a message of support.
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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said what he has been told about the collision is difficult to comprehend.
B次元官网网址淭o the City of Humboldt, the entire Broncos organization, and the families impacted by this tragedy, please know you are in SaskatchewanB次元官网网址檚 hearts,B次元官网网址� Moe said in a statement.
B次元官网网址淔rom a grieving province, thank you to every one of the first responders and medical professionals for your courageous response under the most difficult circumstances imaginable.
B次元官网网址淭onight, we all must pray for these families.B次元官网网址�
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is a Junior B次元官网网址楢B次元官网网址� hockey league under Hockey Canada, which is part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. ItB次元官网网址檚 open to North American-born players between the age of 16 and 20.
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