{"id":370767,"date":"2026-07-23T15:27:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=370767"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:57:51","slug":"roughrider-fans-grapple-with-deaths-ahead-of-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/23\/roughrider-fans-grapple-with-deaths-ahead-of-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Roughrider fans grapple with deaths ahead of game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>REGINA \u2013 Some Saskatchewan Roughriders fans are heading into Thursday\u2019s matchup against the Edmonton Elks with conflicting emotions, after a player and one other man were killed in a highway crash.<\/p>\n<p>For longtime Roughriders fan Kerri Ludvigsen, it\u2019s the primary time in a long time a friend has told her she doesn\u2019t feel like going to the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said, \u2018It\u2019s going to be so hard and my mind is split about it,&#8217;\u201d Ludvigsen said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told her that simply because something is difficult or a challenge or difficult doesn\u2019t mean you walk away from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The players and training staff need all of the support they&#8217;ll get, Ludvigsen added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(They) are grappling with a giant loss with more questions and uncertainty than we&#8217;re.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some in Rider Nation have been embroiled in online debates over the circumstances of the crash that killed Roughrider linebacker Jayden Dalke, 30, of Leduc, Alta., and Bhishma Rajyaguru, 22, of Regina.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"related_videos\">\n<div class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--video\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title\">Related Videos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"miniplayer-carousel\" 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The vehicles had no passengers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get day by day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get day by day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you may never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Police also said alcohol and cannabis were present in Dalke\u2019s SUV, which pulled out of a gas station with unpaid fuel a couple of half-hour before the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Each Dalke and Rajyaguru died on the scene on Highway 11 near the town of Lumsden, northwest of Regina.<\/p>\n<p>On various social media platforms and team fan forums, some have speculated whether Dalke was driving while impaired.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mounties have said autopsies and toxicology tests are being conducted. A spokesperson with Saskatchewan\u2019s justice ministry has said such results will not be publicly released because they contain personal health information.<\/p>\n<p>Gerri Sernick, an administrator with the Saskatchewan Roughriders Fan Page on Facebook, said she has needed to remove nasty comments about Dalke, including that he doesn\u2019t should be honoured by his team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was truly awful. Since I began that page, I\u2019ve never seen anything prefer it,\u201d Sernick said in a message Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Sports<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cJudgment, speculation and hurtful remarks based on assumptions don&#8217;t have any place on this Saskatchewan Roughrider fan page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever the circumstances, two young men will not be going home to their families, and that&#8217;s where our focus should remain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To maintain decorum, other fan pages and forums closed comment sections on some posts.<\/p>\n<p>Ludvigsen said police set off a \u201cfirestorm\u201d after they released the small print about alcohol and cannabis present in Dalke\u2019s SUV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople grieving (now) need to see \u2026 messages which can be so hurtful and disrespectful,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Roughriders have said they plan to honour each Dalke and Rajyaguru before Thursday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally they shared a GoFundMe page for Rajyaguru\u2019s family, which had raised greater than $88,000 as of Wednesday afternoon to cover the associated fee of repatriating his body to India.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rajyaguru got here to Canada from the Indian state of Gujarat as a world student in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy O\u2019Day, the Roughriders general manager, has said players are to wear Dalke\u2019s initials on their helmets for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Ludvigsen said she plans on going together with her mother, and so they\u2019ll wear black jerseys as an alternative of the Riders\u2019 typical green and white.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be hard,\u201d she said. \u201cHonouring them each \u2014 I believe it&#8217;s great and needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 23, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REGINA \u2013 Some Saskatchewan Roughriders fans are heading into Thursday\u2019s matchup against the Edmonton Elks with conflicting emotions, after a player and one other man were killed in a highway crash. 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