15th person pronounced dead in crash involving Canadian junior hockey team
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The death toll from Friday's crash involving a Saskatchewan junior hockey team's bus and a transport truck has risen to 15, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced Saturday.
BREAKING: Number of dead in Humboldt Broncos bus collision rises to 15 pic.twitter.com/g26Vw2TteD
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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.
A vigil will be held Sunday in lieu of Game 6.
The names of the deceased have not been released.
The crash occurred on a rural highway just north of Tisdale, Saskatchewan at 5 p.m. local time. The transport truck T-boned the bus.