Canada bus crash: Trump calls up Trudeau, conveys condolences

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ANI New Delhi [India]
Last Updated : Apr 08 2018 | 1:40 AM IST

United States President Donald Trump has spoken to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to offer his condolences to the families of deceased members of Canada's junior league hockey team that met with a fatal accident on Friday.

Trump took to his Twitter account to say, "Just spoke to @JustinTrudeau to pay my highest respect and condolences to the families of the terrible Humboldt Team tragedy. May God be with them all."

On Friday night, 14 people, including the members of Canada's junior league hockey team, lost their lives when the bus in which they were travelling collided with a lorry in western Canada's Saskatchewan province.

The bus was headed towards Nipawin town for a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League semifinals playoff game when the crash happened north of Tisdale city.

As per the media reports, 28 people were on-board including the bus driver.

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First Published: Apr 08 2018 | 1:34 AM IST

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