Fifteen killed in Canadian junior hockey team bus crash

[Commander Wallace]

The Humboldt Broncos ice hockey team was involved in a deadly crash 15 were killed including players and the coach of the Humboldt Broncos and 14 injured. The crash has left a small farming town in Saskatchewan of fewer than 6,000 people, in grief.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/ZTPHi5NCkeGPzCjn150D-6_LyPY=/1484x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/VSSMEFB2SUI6RHAKQXKHPWNCEY.jpg



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The Junior Hockey team includes players from Edmonton, Slave Lake and Airdrie in Alberta and from Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Quote : Police say the 14 who survived the crash have varying degrees of injury, some critical. The names of the dead and injured have not been released, but some have been confirmed by family members and others.

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/offers-help-pour-humboldt-broncos-124959248.html


The terrible news has hit many very hard, not just in the Hockey world but around the world. Condolences have poured in from around the world including President Trump. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman offered his thoughts as well.

Quote: "Our thoughts are with the players, families, coaches, team management and all those throughout the community that have been affected by the tragedy involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Saturday. "The NHL mourns the passing of those who perished and offers strength and comfort to those injured while traveling to play and be part of a game they all love."

https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-to-play-los-angeles-kings-in-first-round-western-conference-series/c-297800430


We can only add our thoughts and prayers to the friends and family of the Humboldt Broncos.

[Schroeder]

What a tragedy.:(

[u crank]

Very sad. Tragic. Condolences to family members and best wishes for the survivors.

[Reece]

Yes very sad indeed. :oops::wah:

[Jimbuna]

Terribly tragic :nope:

[u crank]

More sad news.

Dayna Brons, the lone woman aboard the Humboldt Broncos' team bus when it collided with a transport truck on April 6, has died.

Family and friends had been waiting anxiously, hoping the 24-year-old athletic therapist would pull through after she suffered serious head trauma. Her aunt, Audrey Hopfner, visited her niece yesterday and felt optimistic that she looked better and would recover.

Instead, on Wednesday afternoon, Hopfner received word her niece had died....

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/brons-humboldt-broncos-team-bus-crash-1.4615462

Meanwhile the GoFundMe campaign for the families of the victims has reached a staggering $9 million.

More than 100,000 donors in 65 countries have contributed to the GoFundMe campaign — ranked among the five most successful campaigns ever on the platform — with donations ranging from $5 to $50,000 coming from individuals, families, sports teams and multinational corporations.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/04/11/gofundme-says-it-will-need-several-months-to-distribute-8m-raised-by-humboldt-broncos-campaign.html

[Highbury]

A couple ways people here in Canada, and around the world have been paying their respects.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/humboldt-bus-crash-jersey-day-social-media-1.4616226

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/sticksoutforhumboldt-spreads-overseas-1.3880312#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=Facebook&_gsc=oouo8YE

In a time when "thoughts and prayers" has become clichéd, small gestures like that are nice to see.