UPDATE: Truck driver charged in connection with Humboldt Broncos bus crash
REGINA, SASK — RCMP in Saskatchewan have laid charges against a semi driver in connection with the Humboldt Broncos bus collision.
Jaskirat Sidhu, 29, was arrested Friday morning at approximately 10 a.m. in Calgary, according to an RCMP news conference. Sidhu has been charged with 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and 13 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.
Sidhu is currently in custody, and will make his first appearance in Saskatoon provincial court next week, though a date has not been finalized.
RCMP say the families of the players were notified Friday morning.