Humboldt Broncos tragedy.

[transplant99]

The GoFundMe account collecting funds for the Humboldt Broncos closed at midnight Wednesday after raising more than $15 million in less than two weeks, as more than 140,000 people donated from more than 80 countries.

It is the second-largest GoFundMe campaign globally, trailing just the $21.5 million raised for the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund.

Well done world, well done.



http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/...aises-more-15m

[CedarMeter]

Sask. RCMP are providing update on Humboldt Broncos crash investigation LIVE

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...p=FB_Post_News

[Northendzone]

forgive me if this sounds wrong, but being an accident reconstruction tech must be interesting work (aside for the reason that you are working)

[Minnie]

According to this tweet from his mom, Ryan Straschnitzki was being transferred home today to Alberta, to the Foothills, for the rest of his recovery. Just saw an updated article that says he was transferred this morning. Also liked the reply from Tempurpedic so I included it in the screenshot. Michelle Salt, the rep who is mentioned in the tweet, is the first female Canadian Paralympic snowboarder.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by CedarMeter

Sask. RCMP are providing update on Humboldt Broncos crash investigation LIVE

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...p=FB_Post_News

From the article:

Curtis Zablocki added it's still too early to determine if the truck had blown through the stop sign or if it might have stalled in the intersection.

Jesus, do these people even think? do they know the word physics?

The only way that truck ends up 200+ feet west from the collision point on it's side is if it ran the stop sign going at least 80 km/h, hell. while this flat bed truck was cutting the north bound bus in half it dragged it 150 feet west as well.

Sorry, but this RCMP commissioner is completely out of touch

It's not rocket science:

[N-E-B]

He’s not out of touch, he’s just not going to speculate as to what happened until they’re 100% sure. Obviously it’s highly likely he blew the stop sign but they can’t say that publicly until it’s been confirmed.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by N-E-B

He’s not out of touch, he’s just not going to speculate as to what happened until they’re 100% sure. Obviously it’s highly likely he blew the stop sign but they can’t say that publicly until it’s been confirmed.

Disagree, everyone in their right mind and simple science says/knows he ran the stop sign, why f*** around with the truth while they bury the poor 16 lost souls?

There is absolute 0% chance that truck didn't run that stop sign. that's 0% with a zero!

[EldrickOnIce]

I prefer when police complete an investigation prior to determining who is guilty.

[Northendzone]

i agree, be 100% sure before making a public statement.

[Wormius]

He probably misspoke. He should have said that they still weren’t sure how the truck ended up being in the intersection and left it at that, instead of citing some examples not necessarily related to this case. Now they have to deal with armchair physicists.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

I prefer when police complete an investigation prior to determining who is guilty.

Agree 100%. It seems pretty clear the truck was in the intersection but we do not know why, and there is more than one way it could have got there. Let's let the RCMP finish their investigation.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

I prefer when police complete an investigation prior to determining who is guilty.

Originally Posted by Northendzone

i agree, be 100% sure before making a public statement.

Originally Posted by Wormius

He probably misspoke. He should have said that they still weren’t sure how the truck ended up being in the intersection and left it at that, instead of citing some examples not necessarily related to this case. Now they have to deal with armchair physicists.

Originally Posted by Lubicon

Agree 100%. It seems pretty clear the truck was in the intersection but we do not know why, and there is more than one way it could have got there. Let's let the RCMP finish their investigation.

People!

The investigation of the cause was done long ago, the truck driver ran the stop sign at a speed between 70 and 90 km with the bus hitting the first trailer just behind the tractor unit going between 90 and 100 km, the bus swerved left and collided on the right front side of the bus, the deck of the trailer unit cut threw the top half of the bus separating the roof from the main part of the coach. killing 16 passengers.

It sucks and people won't like it but it's now political in hopes of "calm" because the driver was (1) poorly trained and (2) an immigrant. I really don't care about the slaps I'm getting from people "waiting" for the so called real results because I'm not wrong in any way.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Well first of all the roof was clearly removed by first responders for access so maybe we just wait for the experts to release all the information.

[taco.vidal]

https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/w...-playoff-game/

Humboldt Broncos player gets standing ovation from Winnipeg Jets fans at NHL playoff game

Winnipeg native Matthieu Gomercic received plenty of love from the home crowd during Game 5

The Winnipeg Jets did good on Friday night, and I'm not just talking about their performance on the ice during their 5-0 win against the Minnesota Wild.

During Game 5 of the first round series, the Jets introduced Humboldt Broncos forward Matthieu Gomercic on the jumbotron. The 20-year-old Gomercic, a Winnipeg native, was one of the survivors of the tragic bus crash that took the lives of 16 Broncos players and staffers two weeks ago.

Gomercic was released from the hospital last week, and on Friday he was at Bell MTS Place watching his hometown team deliver a postseason beatdown. Jets fans showed him and his family plenty of love with a loud standing ovation.

[speede5]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

Well first of all the roof was clearly removed by first responders for access so maybe we just wait for the experts to release all the information.

From everything I've heard the roof was ripped off in the collision. I have friends who were on site and it was about the most violent collsion you could imagine.

But I agree we should wait for the experts to determine root cause. While it may be obvious the truck went through the stop sign before safe to do so, but why? Sun in the eyes, cel phone, brake failure? Etc. That's why they won't state a definitive cause. They need to determine why.

[Slanter]

I don't see any problem in proceeding with caution. There will be plenty of time for anger if it turns out this was a result of some sort of negligence (poor training, cell phone, impairment, etc.). But it could also be that someone just made a mistake. If that's the case, I think we'll all need to do some sober thinking before we string the guy up. We all make mistakes when we're driving, it just usually doesn't result in such a horrible outcome.

[Frequitude]

Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

Disagree, everyone in their right mind and simple science says/knows he ran the stop sign, why f*** around with the truth while they bury the poor 16 lost souls?

There is absolute 0% chance that truck didn't run that stop sign. that's 0% with a zero!

It's obvious the truck blew through the stop sign, but what's not obvious is why. Maybe he fell asleep, maybe the sun was in his eyes, maybe he wasn't paying attention...or maybe his brakes failed. That's why you complete an investigation.

[BurningSteel]

The roof separation is way too clean to be from just collision. I think it was likely opened up on the impact and then cut like that by fire. A bus on its side would be impossible to extract victims with spinal cord injuries in a safe and efficient be manner. Wonder where the last stop sign was prior to the scene?

[speede5]

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/...-close-to-home

"John McPhaden, a Tisdale crane operator, was called to the crash scene Friday to help with the “poor young fellows” who had not survived. He used his crane to hoist the bus’s roof, torn off on impact with the tractor-trailer, so that the first responders could reach the four or five bodies buried beneath the debris."

Like I said, the roof was ripped off in the collision.

[tvp2003]

From Sportsnet:

Big Read: This is the story of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash that left a nation reeling, told by the players, coaches and family members at the centre of it.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juni...-oral-history/

I’m not sure what else to say. Just heartbreaking...