CanadianCowgirl
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Not sure if you guys heard about this or not, but it's been all over the news in Canada:
"The Bathurst High School basketball team was returning from a game on the night of January 11, 2008 after a basketball game against a Moncton High School rival. In the early hours of January 12 the van traveling northward on Route 11 was approaching the city limits and in front of the Miramichi Avenue exit when the van driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a southbound transport truck. Only moments before the accident Nathan Cleland, one of the passengers, called his parents to let them know they were only minutes from home, Cleland's parents stated that the boys were laughing and having a good time before the accident. Cleland was one of the 8 killed in collision.
The wreck was discovered by a police officer who had originally only noticed the transport truck off the road and called for a tow truck. Upon approaching further he discovered the mangled van. Three rows of the van were torn out along with it's passengers. According to early reports three bodies were thrown outside the van along with their seat belts and seats. After calling for more backup, officers were slow to respond due to freezing rain which had begun in the area. Upon arrival at the scene 8 of the van occupants were pronounced dead, 7 students and the van driver's wife. The four survivors of the van, 2 players, the basketball team coach/driver and his daughter were rushed to Chaleur Regional Hospital in Bathurst. One of the injured was listed in critical condition, two in stable, and the fourth was released shortly after the accident. The driver of the transport truck was not injured." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Bathurst_van_collision
"The Bathurst High School basketball team was returning from a game on the night of January 11, 2008 after a basketball game against a Moncton High School rival. In the early hours of January 12 the van traveling northward on Route 11 was approaching the city limits and in front of the Miramichi Avenue exit when the van driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a southbound transport truck. Only moments before the accident Nathan Cleland, one of the passengers, called his parents to let them know they were only minutes from home, Cleland's parents stated that the boys were laughing and having a good time before the accident. Cleland was one of the 8 killed in collision.
The wreck was discovered by a police officer who had originally only noticed the transport truck off the road and called for a tow truck. Upon approaching further he discovered the mangled van. Three rows of the van were torn out along with it's passengers. According to early reports three bodies were thrown outside the van along with their seat belts and seats. After calling for more backup, officers were slow to respond due to freezing rain which had begun in the area. Upon arrival at the scene 8 of the van occupants were pronounced dead, 7 students and the van driver's wife. The four survivors of the van, 2 players, the basketball team coach/driver and his daughter were rushed to Chaleur Regional Hospital in Bathurst. One of the injured was listed in critical condition, two in stable, and the fourth was released shortly after the accident. The driver of the transport truck was not injured." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Bathurst_van_collision
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