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By CKOM News Staff

Broncos crash

Coroner issues report on Humboldt Broncos crash

Feb 25, 2019 | 12:19 PM

The Saskatchewan Coroners Service has made a number of recommendations after investigating the April 6 crash between a semi-trailer unit and the bus carrying the SJHL’s Humboldt Broncos.

Sixteen people died as a result of the accident, which occurred on a highway north of Tisdale. Thirteen other people on the bus were injured.

The coroner’s recommendations included two to Transport Canada, which was urged to mandate the installation of seatbelts on highway buses and to continue developing regulations “which enhance or improve the national safety codes with respect to driver training and electronic logging devices.”

SGI was encouraged to work with the trucking industry to examine the idea of standardized training – and possibly mandatory training – for truck drivers.

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As well, the report suggested that the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol should look “to ensure stricter compliance with respect to regulations and standards for commercial vehicle drivers.”

The coroner’s office had a recommendation for itself as well, suggesting the creation of what the report called “a mass fatality plan.” That recommendation urged a review of the procedures for identifying the deceased.

The coroner’s report also recommended that the Saskatchewan Health Authority should review its policy in regards to the identification of people coming into its care after “a mass casualty/fatality event.”

In the days following the crash, it was revealed that two of the Broncos players had been mistaken for each other. Authorities initially had said that Xavier Labelle had died in the crash before determining he was alive and that his teammate, Parker Tobin, had been killed.

The coroner also urged the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure to examine its policy regarding signs and traffic control devices at the intersection where the accident occurred.

The truck driver, Jaskirat Sidhu, is to be sentenced on March 22 after pleading guilty to 29 charges in connection with the crash.