Manitoba player on Humboldt Broncos survived bus crash: Former billet family
Matthieu Gomercic is from Winnipeg and plays on the Humbolt Broncos.
Humbolt BroncosA Winnipeg hockey player on the Humboldt Broncos team has survived a deadly bus crash that claimed the lives of 14 people.
Matthieu Gomercic was on the bus when it was involved in a crash with a semi-truck on Highway 35 in Saskatchewan Friday.
RCMP said the collision happened about 30 kilometres north of Tisdale, near the junction of Highway 335.
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Police said there were 28 people on the bus at the time of the crash, including the driver. Fourteen people were sent to hospital with a variety of injuries — three of them had injuries that were described as “critical.”
Fourteen people were killed in the crash.
Gomercic used to play for the Steinbach Pistons where he stayed with Dave and Donna Mikkola. They confirmed to Global News that they talked to Gomercic’s parents who confirmed he survived the crash.
It’s unclear the extent of Gomercic’s injuries.