A bus carrying players and staff from the Miramichi Timberwolves hockey team was involved in a fatal collision with a car on the way to a game in Fredericton Sunday. 

The driver of the car involved died at the scene, according to RCMP.

Police confirmed there was a fatal crash involving a bus and a car near Astle, on Route 8 between Miramichi and Fredericton. But they wouldn’t confirm it was the bus transporting the Timberwolves.

However, the Maritime Junior Hockey League confirmed in a statement Sunday afternoon that their bus had been involved in a fatal crash near Astle. James Faulkner, the