The Scottish Mail on Sunday

Hockey team bus crash kills 14

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players or coaches were among the dead. There was no mention of the lorry driver.

Team president Kevin Garinger said: ‘Our whole community is in shock.’

The Broncos, whose players are aged 16-20, are a close-knit team from Humboldt, Saskatchew­an, which has a population of about 6,000. Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau tweeted: ‘My heart goes out to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy.’ FOURTEEN people were killed and 14 injured – three critically – after a lorry collided with a bus carrying a junior hockey team in Canada.

Twenty-eight people, including the driver, were on the Humboldt Broncos’ team bus when the crash occurred around 5pm local time on Friday in Saskatchew­an, police said.

‘We can now confirm 14 people have died as a result of this collision,’ the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. They would not say if

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