WHL team bus crashes into ditch
Photo: Kelowna Rockets
Updated: 10:20 p.m.
The Rockets sent a team bus to take the Seattle Thunderbirds to Kelowna after the T-Birds’ bus slipped into a ditch on the way to Kelowna for Wednesday’s game.
“See you soon, Seattle T-Birds,” the Kelowna Rockets said in a social media post.
The Thunderbirds announced that everyone on the bus was safe after the incident. The WHL club thanked the emergency services and the Rockets for their assistance.
The Rockets sent out a bus to pick up the T-Birds.
see you soon, @Birds of Seattle ?? https://t.co/44hCUFAvSy
— Kelowna Rockets (@Kelowna_Rockets) January 10, 2024
Original: 9:02pm
The Seattle Thunderbirds team bus slid off the road while en route to Kelowna for Wednesday’s game, but everyone on board is safe, the WHL club said.
T-bird addressed the incident in a social media post Tuesday night.
“Today, while en route to Kelowna for tomorrow’s game, our team bus skidded off the road and into a ditch. Everyone on board is safe,” the social media post reads. ing.
“What we want is [to] We would like to thank emergency services and the Kelowna Rockets for their assistance. ”
Seattle played the Silvertips in Everett on Saturday. The Kelowna Rockets host the defending WHL champion Thunderbirds on Wednesday at Prospera Place.
Castanet has reached out to Thunderbirds for more information about the incident.
Today, on our way to Kelowna for tomorrow’s game, our team’s bus slipped off the road and into a ditch. Everyone on board is safe.I would like to thank the emergency services and staff @KelownaRockets for all their help
— Seattle Thunderbirds (@SeattleTbirds) January 10, 2024
