Former Humboldt Broncos player and his family among dead in Sask. crash


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A former Humboldt Broncos actor and his family have been identified as among those killed in a automobile pile-up that took place north of Elrose, Sask. on Friday.


Troy Gasper, 26, his wife Carissa, 28, and their 3 children — ages two, 4 and 6 — were in one of a dual SUVs involved in a head-on collision on Friday afternoon.


The couple’s 3 children were among a victims killed in a crash. (Facebook)


The 71-year-old lady driving the other vehicle, who was from Swift Current, also died in a crash.


Gasper played with a Broncos during a 2009 to 2011 seasons, personification with a Rosetown Redwings shortly after. 


The Humboldt Broncos suffered another tragedy progressing this year when 16 people died after its team train crashed on the way to a playoff game.







An facile propagandize in Rosetown confirmed it had mislaid “a dear student” and her family, and pronounced that counselling services would be offering during a propagandize on Monday and Tuesday.






​The head-on collision between dual SUVs happened Friday afternoon on Highway 4, north of Elrose, about 150 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon.



“They were all announced defunct on scene. As a outcome of a collision, both vehicles were engulfed in flames,” Cpl. Rob King, media family for RCMP F Division, said.


Cpl. Rob King, a orator for RCMP F Division, spoke to reporters about a automobile collision nearby Elrose, Sask., that claimed a lives of a family of five, and another 71-year-old woman. (CBC News)

The mayor of Elrose, Dennis Dixon, pronounced a pile-up of this bulk is comfortless no matter where it happens.


“Any time that we have a pile-up like that anywhere, it’s something we don’t wish to see,” Dixon said.


“It’s a tragedy.”


The collision that claimed a lives of 6 people took place on Highway 4, only north of Elrose, Sask. (CBC News)



RCMP said a review into a pile-up is ongoing and that a means of a collision has not nonetheless been determined. 


“At this indicate in a investigation, it’s too early to tell [what happened],” King said. 


“We did dispatch an collision reconstructionist. They have only recently privileged a stage … It’s going to take time to establish accurately what happened to a best of their abilities.”



Article source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/olympics-rio-zika-1.3603946?cmp=rss

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