Canada in 'shock and mourning' after 15 die in junior hockey team bus crash Police in Canada said on Saturday the death toll in a horrific crash in Saskatchewan had risen to 15 people, after a bus carrying a junior hockey team collided with a semi-trailer on a rural highway. More than a dozen were injured. Prime minister Justin Trudeau said Canada was in “shock and mourning”. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said 29 people were on the Humboldt Broncos’ team bus, including the driver, when the crash occurred some 200km (124 miles) north-east of Saskatoon. The team had been heading to a Saskatchewan junior hockey league game against the Nipawin Hawks, officials said. Police initially said 14 people had died and another 15 were sent to a hospital “with a variety of injuries. Three of these people have injuries that are critical in nature.” Images from the scene suggested the force of the crash had torn the bus in two, leaving debris scattered across the highway. ...
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