Saskatchewan premier wondered if military could help with Broncos autopsies
REGINA — Saskatchewan’s premier wondered whether the military could help with autopsies following the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
Emails obtained by The Canadian Press show provincial coroners were scrambling to quickly conduct autopsies on the 16 people who died after the junior hockey team’s bus and a semi-truck collided April 6.
Two days later, Justice Minister Don Morgan wrote in an email that Saskatoon’s coroner’s office was only able to do four autopsies a day.
“That means four days before the last of the bodies will be released to families so that they can prepare for funerals,” Morgan said in an email obtained through a freedom-of-information request.