Police confirm 14 dead in crash involving Canadian junior hockey team

Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed 14 people are dead and another 14 are injured after a crash involving a junior hockey team's bus from Saskatchewan and a transport truck on Friday night.

"We can now confirm fourteen people have died as a result of this collision," RCMP said in a release Saturday.

"The other fourteen people were sent to hospital with a variety of injuries; three of these people have injuries that are critical in nature."

Derek Grayson and Nick bonding and healing in hospital pic.twitter.com/DzesIoT27B

- R J patter (@rjpatter) April 7, 2018

The bus was carrying the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League to Game 5 of their semifinal playoff series against the Nipawin Hawks.

The Humboldt Broncos smiling after a big win last month. pic.twitter.com/6sOWPofQRu

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The names of the deceased have not been released and police have not yet confirmed if the fatalities include players or coaches of the team.

The crash occurred on a rural highway just north of Tisdale, Saskatchewan at 5 p.m. local time as the bus was T-boned by the transport truck.

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