Crash Kills Seven High School Basketball Players

A van carrying members of the Bathurst High school’s boys’ basketball team collided with a transport truck killing seven players, and one adult early Saturday morning near Bathurst, New Brunswick in Canada.. They were only minutes away from returning home from their 220km road trip to meet up with their parents at a local fast food restaurant when the tragic accident occurred. The driver lost control of the van, likely as a result of the icy conditions along the road, just outside of city limits before colliding with an oncoming truck.

Photo: The Bathurst, N.B. crash victims are seen in these undated handout photos. Left to right, top to bottom, Nicholas Kelly, Cody Branch, Nickolas Quinn, Javier Aceveolo, Daniel Haines, Justin Cormier, Nathan Cleland. (Elhatton Funeral Home / THE CANADIAN PRESS) / Source

BATHURST, New Brunswick — A van carrying a Canadian high school boys’ basketball team collided with a truck Saturday, killing seven students on their way home from a game and the wife of the driver.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Derek Strong said the seven players, aged between 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.

The accident occurred on Highway 11 as the team was returning home to Bathurst from Moncton in Canada’s far eastern New Brunswick province, Strong said. Road conditions were said to be slippery.

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