bus carrying Saskatchewan junior hockey team T-boned by semi-multiple fatalities

CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Friday, April 6, 2018 9:11PM EDT
Last Updated Friday, April 6, 2018 11:40PM EDT
Multiple people are dead after a bus carrying a junior hockey team to a game in Saskatchewan collided with a transport truck on a rural highway, according to RCMP.

RCMP confirmed “fatalities” and a number of injuries in the crash involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus. Officials have not confirmed the number of dead and injured.

The bus was T-boned by a transport truck, according to the president of the Nipawin Hawks, which was scheduled to play the Broncos Friday night...

...The crash occurred on Highway 335 near Gronlid, more than 200 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon. Traffic in the area is expected to be delayed for several hours, RCMP said.

Three air ambulance helicopters were dispatched to the scene and arrived around 6:40 p.m. local time, a spokesperson from STARS Ambulance told CTV News.

It is “rather unusual” to send three helicopters to a scene, STARS spokesperson Mark Oddan said.

“It is rather unusual but this is a very unusual case, and we really wanted to be able to help as best we could with this tragic accident,” Oddan told CTV News Channel on Friday.

Oddan could not confirm details on casualties but said each air ambulance is capable of carrying up to two patients.

The Nipawin Hawks were scheduled to play the team Friday night, but confirmed that the game has been cancelled due to the crash.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said he found the news “difficult to comprehend.”

“To the City of Humboldt, the entire Broncos organization, and the families impacted by this tragedy, please know you are in Saskatchewan’s hearts,” Moe said in a Facebook statement.

“From 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.”
Multiple fatalities in bus crash involving Saskatchewan junior hockey team

 

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Humboldt gathers, and mourns, through a long and tragic night