The mother of one the players injured in a tragic bus crash that killed 15 people and injured another 14 in northeastern Saskatchewan said her son is still coming to terms with what happened.

Michelle Straschnitzki鈥檚 18-year-old son Ryan was transported to hospital in Saskatoon after a transport truck collided with a bus carrying junior hockey players for the Humboldt Broncos to a playoff game on Friday afternoon. 

Straschnitzki told 麻豆影视 Channel that she was able to speak with her son on Friday evening.

鈥淗e was pretty out of it and he鈥檚 in quite a bit of pain, but he鈥檚 going into surgery today at some point,鈥� she said during an interview from Airdrie, Alta. on Saturday morning.

She said she鈥檚 not sure what the extent of his injuries are at this point, but that she was told he may have broken his back.

鈥淗e apparently can鈥檛 feel his lower extremities so I鈥檓 not sure what鈥檚 going on there,鈥� she said.

When asked if Ryan knows what happened during the collision, Straschnitzki said he鈥檚 still grasping the news.

鈥淗e really doesn鈥檛 know. I think the shock and trauma of it all, he doesn鈥檛 really understand what happened and he鈥檚 still asking about his teammates and the coaching staff,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think its hit him yet, what exactly happened. It鈥檚 hitting all of us, of course, but I don鈥檛 think he knows yet.鈥�

Straschnitzki said she and other families affected by the tragedy have been receiving support from people all over.

鈥淧eople that we played hockey [with] for years have been reaching out, people we don鈥檛 even know from across the country, basically from across the world, people are reaching out to us and we鈥檙e just so thankful and just devastated,鈥� she said.

Straschnitzki plans to travel to Saskatoon later in the day to visit Ryan in hospital where she said she鈥檒l meet up with other Humboldt Broncos families impacted by the crash.

鈥淲e鈥檒l be reaching out to the other parents of the Bronco[s] team and just trying to gather support for each other,鈥� she said.

鈥淚 wish we had a time machine and could go back 24 hours.鈥�