Tragic accident claims lives of Southern California girls hockey team in Colorado.
A community in the Santa Clarita Valley is mourning after a tragic accident in Colorado involving a local youth hockey team. The accident occurred on a snowy section of Interstate 70 outside Denver, where a sprinter van carrying the Santa Clarita Lady Flyers 12-and-under team collided with a snowplow. The van, driven by one of the girls' fathers, was flipped off the road due to the impact. Tragically, the father was pronounced dead at the scene, and one of the young girls was airlifted to a trauma center with critical injuries. Seven other passengers were taken to local hospitals. The team had rented the van together for a tournament, and the incident has deeply affected the community. Parents at The Cube in Valencia, the team's home facility, struggled to explain the crash to their daughters, with one father describing how difficult it was for the kids to process. The Santa Clarita Flyers club president mentioned that the team has been receiving overwhelming support from the community as they try to come to terms with the tragedy. While some individuals are still recovering from injuries, others have been released from the hospital.
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