Indian-Origin Truck Driver Behind Fatal Canada Crash to Be Deported

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:45am on 25 May 2024,Saturday India Global

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the Indian-origin truck driver responsible for a tragic bus crash in Canada that claimed the lives of 16 members of a junior hockey team in 2018, has been ordered to be deported to India. Sidhu, a permanent resident of Canada, caused the accident by disregarding a stop sign, colliding with the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team's bus in Saskatchewan Province. The decision was made at an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing in Calgary. Sidhu, who received eight years for dangerous driving, faces potential months or years before deportation due to legal procedures.

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