The death toll from the bus crash involving a Saskatchewan junior hockey team bus has risen to 15, a day after the tragedy impacting players, personnel and others with the Humboldt Broncos.
The RCMP said the 15th person died Saturday after the crash involving the bus, which was carrying 29 people including the driver, and a semi-trailer. Another 14 people were injured — some critically — in the collision about 30 kilometres north of Tisdale, Sask.
The president of the Broncos, of the Saskatchewan Major Junior Hockey League, fought back tears Saturday as he described being "heartbroken and completely devastated" by the crash.
"These young men have had a significant impact, on our homes, on our families, on our children," said Kevin Garinger at a news conference attended by about 200 people in Humboldt.
The team includes 24 players, all from Western Canada, ranging in age from 16 to 21.
Head coach Darcy Haugan was one of the victims.Broncos captain Logan Schatz, 20, and teammates Adam Herold, 16, Jaxon Joseph, 20, and Stephen Wack, 21, were also killed, along with Tyler Bieber, a play-by-play announcer who worked with Humboldt radio station 107.5 Bolt FM.
1-加拿大西部一輛載有一隊少年冰上曲棍球隊的巴士，在前往參加比賽途中被大貨車攔腰撞來，死亡人數增至15人，14人受傷。貨櫃車司機無傷暫時獲釋，要接受心理治療。
當地傳媒報道，車禍地點位於迪斯代爾（Tisdale）以北30公里的35號高速公路上，事發在當地星期五傍晚前，肇事巴士當時乘載洪堡市野馬隊（Humboldt Broncos）成員，前往尼柏雲市作賽。主教練及多名未成年的球員當場死亡。 聯賽會主席其後召開記者會交代事件時，亦難忍傷痛，數度沉默。
當地傳媒報道，車禍地點位於迪斯代爾（Tisdale）以北30公里的35號高速公路上，事發在當地星期五傍晚前，肇事巴士當時乘載洪堡市野馬隊（Humboldt Broncos）成員，前往尼柏雲市作賽。主教練及多名未成年的球員當場死亡。 聯賽會主席其後召開記者會交代事件時，亦難忍傷痛，數度沉默。