The Humboldt Broncos were on their way to a playoff game Friday in Nipawin when the crash occurred.
The Crash:
On Friday afternoon, the Broncos Junior hockey team of Humboldt, Sask., was en route to a playoff game in Nipawin.
Twenty-nine people were present on the team bus. At the intersection of Highway 35 and Highway 335, about 300 kilometers north of Regina, the bus collided with a tractor-trailer hauling peat moss.
Both vehicles were obliterated by the impact. The semi-driver suffered zero injuries, and currently has been given mental-health assistance after the collision.
The Cause:
The RCMP said on the weekend that it was too early to comment on the cause of the collision, or say if any charges would be considered.
The intersection:
Known as the 'Armley Corner', the intersection has been the site of a deadly collision before:
In the summer of 1997, a couple, their three young daughters and a relative were killed in a same spot. When the Broncos bus passed through the intersection northbound on Hwy. 35, it would have had the right of way; the semi trailer, heading west, would have had a stop sign.