7 Canadian high school basketball players and 1 adult killed in highway crash

[Dark Knight]

BATHURST, New Brunswick (AP) -- A van carrying a Canadian high school boys' basketball team collided with a truck Saturday, killing seven students and the coach's wife on their way home from a game.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Derek Strong said the seven players -- between the ages of 15 and 18 -- were pronounced dead at the crash site after their van crossed the center line and hit the tractor-trailer shortly after midnight.

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news;_y...=ap-canada-highschooldeaths&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

[ljwf22]

This is so sad. My prayers go to all.

 

[JBean]

BATHURST, New Brunswick (AP) -- A van carrying a Canadian high school boys' basketball team collided with a truck Saturday, killing seven students and the coach's wife on their way home from a game.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Derek Strong said the seven players -- between the ages of 15 and 18 -- were pronounced dead at the crash site after their van crossed the center line and hit the tractor-trailer shortly after midnight.

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news;_y...=ap-canada-highschooldeaths&prov=ap&type=lgns

God bless these young people and their families. Gosh what a nightmare.

 

[Dark Knight]

God bless these young people and their families. Gosh what a nightmare.

Especially the coach driving, having accidentally killed his own wife and the players.

 

[Beyond Belief]

This is a parents worse nightmare.
Prayers for everyone...

 

[montana_16]

How horrible!

 

[Taximom]

This is SO SAD. I wish they hadn't travelled in that bad weather.

 

[philamena]

Prayers to all indeed.
The families, their loved ones, their school, their community. Many will be affected by and saddened by this tragedy.

 

[dingo]

What a terrible tragedy...prayers to all involved.

 

[LadyLuck]

This is so sad. Prayers for the coach, players, community and families.

 

[Littledeer]

My prayers to all the families involved! How sad! This happened to a team of baseball players from Tiffin, PA when their chartered bus went up the wrong ramp in Georgia and killed the bus driver, and several players. That happened 2 years ago.

How heartbreaking!!!!

 

[PrayersForMaura]

prayers to all involved. This is so sad

 

[Waterlily]

Prayers to friends and family and the coach... how incredibly sad

 

[shelly]

How horribly devastating! Family, friends, and community will be in my prayers.

 

[Mimi]

I live in the Moncton area- where these kids were travelling back from after their game... our entire province is in mourning and we have buried quite a few teens in the past six months due to driving accidents...very devastating.

 

[englishleigh]

My prayers to all...just horrific.

 

[IdahoMom]

I can't imagine...

This is a terrible tragedy!

 

[Liz]

I just read about this and was going to start a thread. What a horrific tragedy!

Here's another link about it:

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/7666668

 

[hipmamajen]

What a tragedy!

 

[IdahoMom]

Some more information about the accident victims here:

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5ha-Sw_LCjaeqffqgd5mtV7cul_cw

and here:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...3/nb_grieving_080113/20080113?hub=CTVNewsAt11

A pic of the boys here:


http://www.ctv.ca/mar/photo.html?pn...ms_080112.jpg&win_width=795.0&description=The

They sound like great guys...