8 Years After Broncos Crash, Green Shirt Day Urges Organ Donations

Eight years after a tragic bus crash claimed the lives of 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team, Canadians are again being urged to register as organ donors through the annual Green Shirt Day campaign.

The initiative, observed nationwide on April 7, honors Logan Boulet, a 21-year-old defenceman from Alberta who died from injuries sustained in the 2018 collision near Tisdale, Saskatchewan. On that fateful evening of April 6, the team's bus was traveling to a playoff game when a transport truck failed to stop at an intersection, slamming into the vehicle. The accident killed 16 people, including players, coaches and staff, and injured 13 others. The truck driver, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, was later convicted of dangerous driving causing death and sentenced to eight years in prison.

Boulet's decision to donate his organs, a wish expressed to his family, directly saved the lives of six recipients, according to organizers of Green Shirt Day. His parents, Toby and Bernadine Boulet, have shared that Logan had registered as a donor just two days before the crash. In the immediate aftermath, Canadian Blood Services reported a surge of 150,000 new organ donor registrations...