BRONCOS LAW
ON BEHALF OF ADAM HEROLD, the Herold family wishes to make the following
statement:
On April 6, our lives changed forever. Since that evening, our family has been living
minute to minute, trying to cope with the tragic loss of our beloved son, Adam. We
think of Adam all day, every day. We are reminded of our loss everywhere we turn
and would do anything to go back in time to the way we were. Grief, worry, guilt,
anxiety and loss have taken over our lives as we continue to mourn and try to deal
with this tragedy.
We are pleased that the process to hold the driver of the semi accountable has
begun and are hopeful that those responsible for this catastrophe are brought to
justice in accordance with the Laws of Canada and Saskatchewan. We also have
broader concerns we believe need to be addressed. These concerns include
licensing and truck safety for first time inexperienced drivers who are travelling
interprovincially and hauling large loads with difficult-to-control trailers. Secondly,
we have concerns about highway safety throughout Canada and Saskatchewan and
bus safety for all passengers. Lastly, we believe that changes are needed to allow
victims and their families impacted by these senseless acts to pursue full
compensation against those responsible in our courts of law.
No family should have to go through what we are enduring. Our family loved each
other, supported each other and did everything together – that’s what families are
supposed to do. Adam’s death has taken this from us and we hope that by pursuing
this legal action, no other family ever will have to experience the excruciating grief
and profound sense of loss that has overtaken our lives since April 6.
Our goal with this legal action is to invoke change for not only our son Adam and his
Bronco teammates, but that all people affected by this senseless and tragic event
benefit from changes in laws and attitudes for the betterment of society as a whole.
We ask that our governments and others in power make the following changes so
that another bus crash does not take the lives of one more child, brother, grandson,
nephew, classmate and friend:
Our first goal is to ensure all major through highways (where drivers are not
expected to stop or required to stop) are safe for all travelers, including highway 35.
A driver on a major highway in Saskatchewan or Canada should not have to rely on
the conduct of another driver approaching an intersection with a stop sign to ensure
the safety of his own family. The sightlines at the Armley Corner intersection for
those travelling north on highway 35 were not sufficient to allow the bus driver to
take evasive action to save the Humboldt Broncos. If a driver travelling west on

 highway 335 intentionally, recklessly or negligently decides to disregard the driving
laws of Saskatchewan and runs the stop sign, travelers on highway 35 are in serious
jeopardy of being involved in another potentially deadly accident. We therefore
ask that highway 35 and all through highways are made safe so that those
travelling have the requisite sight lines to see approaching vehicles so
that evasive action can be taken to avoid an accident if another vehicle
does not adhere to the rules and regulations governing highway travel.
This should be built into the design and maintenance of all other major
through highways.
Our second goal is to ensure passengers riding on all buses are safe and are
equipped with reasonable safety devices to prevent passengers from being ejected
from the bus. We therefore ask that all buses carrying passengers be
designed to have the roof stay on in the event of a collision and that
shoulder harness seat belts and early warning safety devices be designed
into the manufacture of all new buses to minimize injury and prevent the
ejection of passengers from the bus in the event of an accident.
Our third goal is to ensure all drivers of commercial vehicles that use Saskatchewan
or Canadian highways are competent and skilled. Laws need to be enacted to
ensure only the most competent drivers operating or driving semi-trailer units that
pull hard-to-operate and maneuver trailers are authorized to operate such vehicles
and trailers. We therefore ask that our lawmakers review the laws of
Saskatchewan and Canada to enact laws that ensure only the most skilled
drivers operate large commercial vehicles that pull difficult-to-operate
trailers and attachments on our highways.
Our fourth goal is to review the laws of Saskatchewan that hinder or prevent those
affected by such senseless acts from pursuing compensation against the drivers of
vehicles and those responsible that intentionally or pursuant to conduct that is
grossly negligent. This includes the ability to make claims for full compensable
damages, including those related to pain and suffering. We therefore ask that
our lawmakers review in a timely manner, the Automobile Accident
Insurance Act and the Fatal Accidents Act to ensure the victims of
senseless acts and their families have the right and ability to pursue the
wrongdoers for full compensation for all damages in a court of law.
The support our family has received from the public since the accident has been
overwhelming. Our family, friends and complete strangers continue to reach out
and support us as we navigate through this heart wrenching journey we never ever
envisioned we would have to experience. We appreciate all of the support and
messages of sympathy and simply say ‘thank you’. We know that a change in laws
won’t bring Adam or the other 15 lives lost back to their families where they belong
but we believe these changes are the right thing to do. And we sincerely hope they

 may prevent other families from going through the nightmare that has become our
reality since April 6th.

Russell and Raelene Herold
Parents of Adam Herold