Driver dies in collision with bus transporting Miramichi Timberwolves hockey team

ASTLE, N.B. — The driver of a car died Sunday in a collision with a bus transporting the Miramichi Timberwolves Junior A hockey team on a New Brunswick road. 

The RCMP said in a release the crash occurred on Highway 8, in the small community of Astle at about 11:30 a.m., about 60 kilometres north of Fredericton.

Police wouldn’t initially identify the bus, but a release from the Maritime Junior Hockey League confirmed that the Timberwolves bus was involved in the crash.

The league said in a release that there were “limited injuries” to those on the bus, but a spokesman said no further details were available.