One of the deceased in the crash that killed 15 people en route to a hockey playoff game in western Canada was misidentified, Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Justice said Monday, partly because the players all had blond-dyed hair and similar builds.
The province’s ministry of justice said the body of Parker Tobin was mistaken for that of Xavier Labelle.
It said Labelle is injured but alive, and Tobin is among the deceased. The accident occurred Friday. Drew Wilby, spokesman for the ministry, said the error wasn’t discovered until Sunday.
“The new information came to light last night that raised questions with the health care professionals. In turn they were able to identify Xavier Labelle as Xavier Labelle who of course we had previously said was Parker Tobin,” Wilby said.
“A lot of these boys looked alike.”
Wilby and the Office of the Chief Coroner apologized for the misidentification.
“To find who they had thought was their loved one wasn’t their loved one I can’t even fathom,” Wilby said. “I don’t know enough could ever be said. All I could do is offer our sincerest apologies.”
The news comes as this shattered town mourned its revered local youth hockey team, trying to come to grips with a devastating highway accident Friday that also injured the other 14 people on their bus.
Over the weekend, Tobin’s family had tweeted that…
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