Coroner completes Broncos investigation, recommends mass fatality plan
Saskatchewan’s chief coroner is calling for mandatory seatbelts in every passenger bus across the country, as one of seven recommendations designed to help prevent another Humboldt Broncos tragedy.
Weighill’s office released the recommendations on Monday following an investigation into the April 6, 2018, crash, which killed 16 people and injured 13. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was driving a semi that struck the team’s bus at the intersection of highway 335 and 35, north of Tisdale, Sask. He pleaded guilty to 29 charges and is facing sentencing.
“Any one of those, or certainly all of them, would have, probably, totally eliminated the possibility of that tragedy,” he said. Saskatchewan has already announced that it will require 121.5 hours of training for those seeking a Class 1 commercial licence, which is required for vehicles weighing more than 4,600 kilograms.
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