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Extremely sad news here, I wonder if RK knew any of those poor souls?

 

At least 14 people are dead after a crash between a tractor-trailer and a bus carrying a Canadian junior hockey league team, a tragedy that struck at the heart of a tightkni

 

city in rural Saskatchewan and immediately echoed through the hockey world.

 

The deadly crash occurred around 5 p.m. Friday on Highway 35 in Saskatchewan, about 150 miles northeast of Saskatoon, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

 

The bus was carrying members of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey league team, on their way to the town of Nipawin for a playoff game.

 

“While en route to Nipawin, the Broncos bus was involved in a terrible accident which has resulted in multiple fatalities and serious injuries,” the team confirmed Friday.

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Among those killed were the team’s head coach and captain, according to the Canadian Press. The Washington Post could not immediately independently confirm the deaths

Saturday.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/04/07/at-least-14-dead-in-canadian-junior-hockey-team-bus-crash-reports-say/?utm_term=.b4f453fa0d13

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Extremely sad news here, I wonder if RK knew any of those poor souls?

 

At least 14 people are dead after a crash between a tractor-trailer and a bus carrying a Canadian junior hockey league team, a tragedy that struck at the heart of a tightkni

 

city in rural Saskatchewan and immediately echoed through the hockey world.

 

The deadly crash occurred around 5 p.m. Friday on Highway 35 in Saskatchewan, about 150 miles northeast of Saskatoon, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

 

The bus was carrying members of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey league team, on their way to the town of Nipawin for a playoff game.

 

“While en route to Nipawin, the Broncos bus was involved in a terrible accident which has resulted in multiple fatalities and serious injuries,” the team confirmed Friday.

a close up of a map © Provided by WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post

 

Among those killed were the team’s head coach and captain, according to the Canadian Press. The Washington Post could not immediately independently confirm the deaths

Saturday.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/04/07/at-least-14-dead-in-canadian-junior-hockey-team-bus-crash-reports-say/?utm_term=.b4f453fa0d13

 

The death toll is up to 15 now. It’s a team of young men and teenagers. Heartbreaking.

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