People gather at a memorial set up on the stairs that lead to Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt, Sask. on Saturday, April 7, 2018. Investigators are still trying to piece together what happened when a tractor-trailer collided with a hockey team bus at a Saskatchewan highway intersection in a horrific crash that killed 15 people, including players and the coach of the Humboldt Broncos.
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April 08, 2018 - 12:20 PM
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - A forward from Alberta is among the 15 people killed after a collision between a truck and a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team in Saskatchewan.
Conner Lukan, 21, of Slave Lake was on the bus as it travelled to a playoff game Friday in Nipawin.
Lukan played with the midget St. Albert Raiders and Spruce Grove Saints in the Alberta Junior Hockey League before joining the Broncos last year.
The Saints announced Lukan's death on Twitter, along with four other alumni: Stephen Wack, Jaxon Joseph and Logan Hunter.
Others killed in the crash include head coach Darcy Haugan, assistant coach Mark Cross, captain Logan Schatz, forward Evan Thomas, and defencemen Adam Herold and Xavier Labelle.
The bus driver, Glen Doerksen with Charlie's Charters, also died in the crash, along with play-by-play radio announcer Tyler Bieber and statistics collector Brody Hinz.
Mounties have said 14 others on the bus were injured.
A vigil is scheduled for tonight in Humboldt.
News from © The Canadian Press, 2018