CALGARY – The owner of a trucking company involved in a horrific collision that killed 16 people on the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team bus says his whole life has been changed.
Sukhmander (SUHK’-man-der) Singh says he hasn’t spoken to the driver about what happened, but that he’s going to the doctor every day.
Alberta Transportation has ordered Adesh Deol Trucking Limited to keep its vehicle off the road
The province says that’s standard when a company has been involved in a serious accident.
Singh says he and the 30-year-old driver are the only two people working for his company.
He says the driver, who he describes as a friend, started about a month ago.
Singh says his work is gone as an investigation continues into the collision near Tisdale, Saskatchewan, on Friday.
He says he’s sorry for everything and it’s a tough time for everybody.
The Broncos were heading to Nipawin for a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoff game when their bus and a semi truck carrying a load of peat moss crashed at an intersection.
Sixteen of the 29 people on the bus have died.
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