‘I Want to Know Why:’ Broncos Families Want to Hear Why Trucker Didn’t Stop

Several family members of those killed and injured in the Humboldt Broncos crash say they still have one big question: Why? They want to know why a semi-truck driver barreled through a stop sign at a rural Saskatchewan intersection and into the path of the junior hockey team’s bus. They also want to hear from the driver himself.

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu (R), the driver of the truck that struck the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team, arrives with his lawyer Mark Brayford for the third day of his sentencing hearing in Melfort, Sask, on Jan. 30, 2019. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

MELFORT, Sask.—Several family members of those killed and injured in the Humboldt Broncos crash say they still have one big question: Why?

They want to know why a semi-truck driver barreled through a stop sign at a rural Saskatchewan intersection and into the path of the junior hockey team’s bus.