A Canadian junior hockey team was involved in a fatal crash that saw the athletes bus collide with a semi-trailer in rural Saskatchewan, police said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, currently investigating the crash, said in a news release they had confirmed "fatalities" and "a number of injuries" in the devastating smash yesterday.
The Nipawin Hawks reported on Twitter that the team involved was the Humboldt Broncos, their scheduled opponents in a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoff contest yesterday.
The crash is believed to have taken place on highway 35 about 28 kilometres north of Tisdale, Saskatchewan.
"This is much bigger than anyone can begin to imagine," Broncos team president Kevin Garinger told the Canadian broadcaster CBC. "We are just in utter disbelief and shock at the loss that's fallen upon us."
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