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2 Junior A hockey players hospitalized after crash in northern Alberta
Two teenagers were hospitalized with serious non-life-threatening injuries after the Athabasca Rivermen bus crashed on icy Highway 2, with all 17 on board injured, police said.
- On Friday, December 12, 2025, a coach bus carrying a local Junior A hockey team lost control and crashed into a heavily treed area on Highway 2, south of Athabasca, Alta.
- Athabasca RCMP said highways north of Edmonton were partially snow-covered and icy with temperature approximately-37, and investigators believe road conditions contributed to the crash.
- The southbound coach bus lost control, entered the west ditch and crashed through several trees in a single-vehicle event.
- Of those aboard, two teenagers were taken by EMS to hospital in Edmonton with non-life-threatening but serious injuries, while others reported soreness or bruising.
- Mounties said responders included firefighters, Athabasca County peace officers, and Alberta Health Services EMS; Athabasca RCMP urged drivers to adjust for winter, and Crowsnest Crush cancelled games against Athabasca Rivermen.
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A bus driver carrying a team of young hockey players lost control on an ice highway north of Edmonton, Alberta.
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