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14 Dead In Canadian Junior Hockey Team Bus Crash

Fifteen others were sent to the hospital. Authorities have not released the names and ages of the victims, as condolences poured in from across the nation.

Updated at 2:09 p.m. ET

A bus carrying a Canadian junior hockey team crashed on the way to a game Friday, killing 14 people.

There were 29 people on the bus, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. The 15 survivors were all sent to the hospital;

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