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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/highschool/news/story?id=3193264
BATHURST, New Brunswick -- A van carrying a Canadian high school boys' basketball team collided with a truck Saturday, killing seven students on their way home from a game and the wife of the driver.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Derek Strong said the seven players, aged between 15 and 18, were pronounced dead at the crash site after their van crossed the center line and hit the tractor-trailer shortly after midnight.
The accident occurred on Highway 11 as the team was returning home to Bathurst from Moncton in Canada's far eastern New Brunswick province, Strong said. Road conditions were said to be slippery.
Strong said most of the victims were ejected from the van.
"This is a whole community in mourning," Bathurst High School superintendent John McLaughlin said. "It's unthinkable what happened and everyone's trying to make some sense of it."
There were 12 people in the van. The four survivors are expected to recover from their injuries. The truck driver was not hurt.
The driver of the van was a teacher at Bathurst High School and his wife was a teacher at another school, said Bathurst Mayor Stephen Brunet.
R.I.P. to all
