The scene of Friday鈥檚 horrific crash between a bus carrying a hockey team to a playoff game and a loaded tractor trailer is a wide open, flat expanse of rural Saskatchewan, save for a stand of evergreen trees lining the southeast corner at a right angle.

Residents know the intersection as a dangerous one where cars and trucks regularly blow through a stop sign. Locals call the intersection Armley Corner. It鈥檚 where the north-south Highway 35 and the east-west Highway 335 meet just north of Tisdale, Sask. Both highways have a 100 km/h speed limit.

In the wake of Friday鈥檚 collision that killed players and coaches of a Saskatchewan minor hockey team, the bus driver, a volunteer statistician and a play-by-play announcer, local officials are already saying they will push the province for changes at the crossing.

A neighbour was the first on the scene after the crash, rushing over with blankets and helping first responders, says Coun. Bradley Schiltroth, who represents the area where the crash occurred.

That man, who is not talking publicly, has been demanding the province install rumble strips at the intersection for at least six years, he told the councillor. The resident has been told there is no money to do that and the intersection doesn鈥檛 have enough traffic to justify the measure, says Schiltroth.

鈥淗ow much does it cost to put grooves in the road?鈥�

Schiltroth spoke to CTVNews.ca Monday morning just before heading into a budget meeting where he expected the tragedy to top the agenda. He says that he wants to see rumble strips installed and speed limits lowered in all directions approaching the crossing. He said it鈥檚 easy to speed and to go into a 鈥渢rance鈥� while driving Saskatchewan鈥檚 open roads.

鈥淩umble strips can snap you out of that鈥� but it鈥檚 out of our hands.鈥�

Both highways involved are governed by the province. Schiltroth says he will press both provincial and federal officials on the issue and expects many of his colleagues want to do the same.

鈥淭his is the only time something is going to get done. If we let it slide, people move on and become complacent.鈥�

The tremendous force of the crash, evident in the news photos of the two mangled vehicles and widespread debris, sent both truck and bus into the northwest snow-covered field, kitty-corner to the stand of trees. They were left on their sides, with the front of the bus torn off, and the truck鈥檚 trailer twisted and overturned.

Each of the 29 people on the bus headed to a playoff game was either killed or injured, some very seriously.

Police investigators are examining impact photos, skid marks, weather conditions and the impact of the 5 p.m. sunlight to see if any were factors in the latest crash. What is known is that the bus was headed north and the truck loaded with packaged peat moss was travelling west on a two-lane highway governed by a stop sign.

The truck鈥檚 driver, the only occupant of the truck, was not hurt.

A flashing red light and oversized stop sign was installed in the east-west direction of the intersection after another devastating crash in 1997. It claimed the lives of a family of six, including three young children after their pickup truck collided with a semi-truck and burst into flames. The police concluded the pickup truck ran the stop sign.

Six white crosses still mark the scene of that crash.

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Dylan Fiddler, who lost his mother, aunt, uncle, and three cousins that day, spent his teenage years passing through the intersection several times a week as equipment manager for a local Junior B hockey team.

"You almost want to drive with your eyes closed through that corner. It's not a very enjoyable place to be for myself, anyway,鈥� he told The Canadian Press.

The highways see a lot of semi-truck traffic due to local agriculture and industry, says Schiltroth, a farmer who has served on council for about a year and a half.

He farms a section just down Highway 335 and says he鈥檚 personally witnessed a transport truck and a car fly through the stop sign. He knows many others who have witnessed close calls.

But the councillor says the trees don鈥檛 play a role when the east-west highway already has a stop sign.

-With files from The Canadian Press