a parole hearing Happening today for a former truck driver who caused a fatal Humboldt Broncos bus accident.
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to dangerous driving charges for the 2018 accident in which 16 people were killed and 13 were injured.
Singh went through a stop sign at a rural Saskatchewan intersection and got in the way of the junior hockey team bus as it was en route to a playoff game.
‘Permanent deportation’: Lawyer for truck driver in Broncos crash expected to argue deportation
Sidhu, who is serving his sentence in a prison in Bowden, Alta, is asking to be released until possible deportation.
The Canada Border Services Agency recommended in March that Sidhu be handed over to the Immigration and Refugee Board to decide whether he should be deported back to India.
His lawyers are seeking to argue against deportation in Federal Court.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on July 20, 2022.
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