Sherwood Park Crusaders OK after bus involved in multi-vehicle QE II crash
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A bus carrying a local Junior A hockey team was among the dozens of vehicles involved in crashes south of Edmonton on Highway 2 due to poor winter driving conditions.
A bus carrying a local Junior A hockey team was among the dozens of vehicles involved in crashes south of Edmonton on Highway 2 due to poor winter driving conditions.
The Sherwood Park Crusaders' bus was involved in a multi-vehicle crash on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway Saturday afternoon. No players or staff of the Alberta Junior Hockey League Team were injured.
Blowing snow and icy roads, later prompted RCMP to close portions of the highway as officers were dispatched to numerous crashes.
Mounties told CTV News Edmonton on Sunday that a preliminary count indicated more than 50 vehicles had either been involved in collisions or had spun into the ditch along Highway 2 between Edmonton and Calgary the day before.
Police are still working to finalize how many crashes officers responded to. As of publication, no serious injuries were reported in any of those incidents.
The Crusaders had played in Olds the night before, with their next game scheduled for Saturday in Blackfalds.
"It started as a usual road game for our hockey team," said Evan McFeeters, the team's head coach and associate general manager. "When we left Sherwood Park, the weather looked fine. We always check the road reports in advance. It looked OK, then it just turned so quickly."
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