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.

Truck driver charged in Humboldt Broncos crash granted $1,000 bail

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The semi-truck driver charged in the April collision that killed 16 people, including 10 Humboldt Broncos players, was released Tuesday on $1,000 bail, according to The Canadian Press.

Jaskirat Sidhu was arrested July 6 and charged with 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death, and 13 counts of dangerous driving causing bodily injury. While on bail, the Calgary native can't operate a motor vehicle and must give up his passport.

The RCMP won't release any further details regarding the investigation that led to the arrest of Sidhu, 29. His next court appearance is set for Aug. 21.

The parents of Adam Herold, one of the junior hockey players killed in the crash, have filed a lawsuit against Sidhu, the Calgary-based trucking company that employed him, and the bus manufacturer, The Canadian Press also reported Tuesday.

The negligence suit claims that Sidhu only received two weeks of training before his first route, and failed to obey a stop sign before colliding with the Broncos' bus.