Alberta RCMP say multiple people have been injured after a coach carrying a minor hockey team crashed on Highway 2, just south of Athabasca.

Mounties responded to the collision in the early hours of Friday, Dec. 12, roughly 140 km north of Edmonton.

Reports indicate that the bus was carrying a local Junior A hockey team made up of 15 to 19-year-olds, south on the QEII when it lost control and entered a ditch.

Several people on the bus sustained injuries, including two minors who were taken to a hospital in Edmonton with non-life-threatening injuries. Others reported minor injuries or soreness and were treated at the scene.

RCMP say poor road conditions are believed to have been a factor in the collision, noting that at the time, highways in the area were partially covered by snow and i

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