An emergency vehicle is seen near the crash site on April 6, 2018 after a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided with a semi-trailer truck between Tisdale and Nipawin, Saskatchewan province, killing 14 people. - Hockey-mad Canada was in mourning on Saturday after a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided with a semi-trailer truck in Saskatchewan province, killing 14 people.In a country where love of the sport is almost a religion, the crash sparked an outpouring of grief among players and fans on social media, while national political leaders expressed their sympathies.'We can now confirm 14 people have died as a result of this collision,' the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement, which did not say how many of the victims were players or coaches of the Humboldt Broncos team.

Arrest made in Humboldt bus crash investigation

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An arrest has been made in the investigation of the fatal bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos' team bus and a semi-trailer back in April, the Saskatchewan RCMP confirmed Friday.

The driver of the truck, 29-year-old Jaskirat Sidhu, faces 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and 13 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily injury, the Mounties revealed at a press conference Friday.

Sidhu will appear in court next week.

Sixteen people died as a result of the crash, and 13 people were injured.