The Humboldt Broncos’ trainer, a 24-year-old woman who had been with the team for almost two years, has died, Saskatchewan’s coroner announced Wednesday — bringing the death toll from the team bus’s collision with a semi-trailer to 16. Relatives of Dayna Brons, 24, said they will remember her “joyful smile.”

Brons died Wednesday afternoon in a Saskatoon hospital from injuries sustained in Friday’s crash. “Dayna will be forever remembered for her joyful smile, and her passion and love of sport,” the family’s statement said. She was the Athletic Therapist for the Humboldt Broncos and was extremely proud to be part of the Broncos family.”

Twenty-nine people were on the Broncos team bus, which was travelling to Nipawin for a playoff game against the Hawks on Friday evening, when the bus was hit by a semi on Highway 35 near Tisdale. Ms. Brons is among 16 people, including 10 players between the ages of 16 to 21, who have died since the bus and a semi-trailer collided while the team was travelling to Nipawin for a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoff game.
The athletic therapist for the Humboldt Broncos, Dayna Brons, dies from injuries sustained in the crash, raising the death toll to 16.