REGINA — A lawyer representing the truck driver responsible for the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says his client wants to be able to stay in Canada once released from prison. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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A senior communications advisor for Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada confirms that Jaskirat Singh Sidhu will now undergo an admissibility hearing. A lawyer for Sidhu sent paperwork to the Canada Border Services Agency in 2021 arguing that Sidhu should not be deported once his sentence has been served.
In 2019, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years in prison for killing 16 people and injuring 13 in the Humboldt bus crash.
The semi driver who caused the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018, that killed 16 people and injured 13 others has lost his first bid to remain in Canada following his sentence. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm and was sentenced to eight years.
eight yearsHe was sentenced on March 22, 2019 to eight years in prison. Jaskirat Sidhu, the driver of the truck that collided with the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team, arrives for his sentencing hearing on January 31, 2019 in Melfort, Sask.
Sidhu, who holds permanent resident status, was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm. He had been awaiting a decision from CBSA on whether or not he will be deported when his sentence is over.
An immigration lawyer representing Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, says his client is fighting to stay in Canada. In January 2019, Sidhu pleaded guilty to 29 counts of dangerous driving causing death or bodily injury.
Sidhu was then legally allowed to operate a tractor trailer. Sidhu was still a trucking novice when on April 6, 2018, he crashed into the Humboldt Broncos bus. He was convicted of dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm, and sentenced to eight years imprisonment.
Humboldt Broncos bus crashIncident typeCollisionCauseFailure to yield at stop signStatisticsBusCharlie's Charters and semi-truck owned by Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd8 more rows
The driver of the bus on which Humboldt Broncos team members were killed and injured was speeding at the time of the collision, alleges a lawsuit filed on behalf of one of the surviving players.
13The April 6, 2018, crash killed 16 bus occupants and injured 13 others. Now, for the first time since that tragic event, all 13 team members who survived the crash, many of them with serious injuries, have reunited in person.
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Jaskirat Singh Sidhu received an 8-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to fatal crash. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, centre, the driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, leaves with his lawyers Mark Brayford, right, and Glen Luther after sentencing hearings held in Melfort, Sask., in 2019. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)
In March 2019, Sidhu was sentenced to eight years in prison. Sidhu is a permanent resident of Canada.
A collision report found Sidhu didn't brake before the crash at the intersection of Highway 335 and 35. In her sentencing decision, Judge Inez Cardinal said Sidhu had many chances to stop before the collision.
Sidhu grew up on a farm in India and followed his girlfriend to Canada when she immigrated here in 2013. He lived in Calgary and had been hired by a Calgary-based trucking company just three weeks before the crash.
Scott Thomas's son, Evan, was one of the Broncos players killed. He forgave Sidhu in court and said he's kept in touch with Sidhu's wife while her husband has been in prison.
There are a lot of people who believe in forgiveness. And they also realize that this was a perfect storm of circumstances. - Lawyer Michael Greene. Greene acknowledged the scale of the crash and the enormous outpouring of grief that followed. However, he believes Sidhu's sentence was very high.
Greene also brought up the case of Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, who failed to stop at a rural intersection and hit another vehicle, killing 39-year-old Joanne Balog. Moe was given a ticket for driving without due care and attention.
An immigration lawyer says the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan is likely to be deported to India right after he serves his sentence.
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu the driver of the truck that struck the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team, arrives for the second day of his sentencing hearing, Tuesday, January 29, 2019 in Melfort, Sask. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz)
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An immigration lawyer says the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan is likely to be deported to India right after he serves his sentence.
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Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced almost two years ago to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Kayle Neis / The Canadian Press.
He would trade places with any one of those boys,” said Thomas. Sidhu was sentenced almost two years ago to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the April 2018 collision that killed 16 people and injured 13.
Thomas said he’s more concerned about regulations that allowed the inexperienced truck driver, three weeks on the job, to get behind the wheel.
Scott Thomas said he aches everyday for his 18-year-old son, Evan, but submitted a letter in support of Sidhu. Read more: Truck driver responsible for Humboldt Broncos bus crash seeks to stay in Canada. “I know for a fact that he’ll never drive a semi again.
A permanent resident can appeal the board’s decision on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, but not if a sentence, like Sidhu’s, is longer than six months.
A former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash has submitted paperwork with reasons why he should not be sent back to India when he gets out of prison. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu is now waiting for the Canada Border Services Agency to write a report that will recommend whether he be allowed to stay in his adopted country ...
Court was told that Sidhu, a newly married permanent resident, had missed a stop sign at a rural Saskatchewan intersection and driven into the path of the Broncos bus carrying players and staff to a junior hockey league playoff game.
A crowdfunding effort was launched by Humboldt resident Sylvie Kellington within hours of the collision to support victims and their families, and raised more than $1 million within 24 hours, and $4 million by the next day. On April 18, it reached $15,185,502, making it Canada's largest GoFundMe campaign and the second largest in the history of the site. Public discussion on the use of funds raised coincided with the Humboldt Broncos using the services of a Western Canada law firm, MLT Aikins, for assistance. Consideration of possible future NHL salaries to home renovations for disabled access were part of public discussion. The GoFundMe campaign closed on April 18, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. MST, and the Bronco's President Kevin Garinger met with the media to announce a plan for managing the donations.
The semi-trailer was travelling at a speed of approximately 100 km/h (60 mph). Most of the dead and injured were players from the Humboldt Broncos, a junior ice hockey team from Humboldt, Saskatchewan, which plays in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL).
On April 7, in their final game of the 2017–18 regular season, players on the Winnipeg Jets and Chicago Blackhawks teams had the "Broncos" name in place of their regular name bars on the back of their jerseys in their game and stood united in a circle at centre ice during the national anthems. On that same night, the Nashville Predators played " O Canada " before their last home game and regular-season game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, despite neither team being Canadian-based. Several teams added special decals to their helmets to honour the Broncos.
On July 3, 2018, the team introduced Nathan Oystrick as their new head coach.
Location of the accident in relation to Humboldt, Nipawin and to nearby cities of Saskatoon and Prince Albert. On April 6, 2018, sixteen people were killed and thirteen were injured when a northbound coach bus struck a westbound semi-trailer truck near Armley, Saskatchewan, Canada. The driver of the semi-trailer had failed to yield ...
Mark Antonichuk, a passer-by from Moose Jaw who was one of the first on the scene, had the team's logo tattooed onto his back under the words "With You on the Scene" and above the words "With You Forever". On April 27, 2018, a Country Thunder Humboldt Broncos tribute concert was planned.
On April 14, during Game 1 of the Toronto Raptors and Washington Wizards of the 2018 NBA Playoffs, Canadian rapper Drake wore a Humboldt Broncos jersey, which he had the Raptors team sign after the game. Canadian professional golfer Brooke Henderson dedicated her win at the LPGA 's Lotte Championship to the Broncos.