Winnipeg truck driver to serve 8 years for fiery crash
Winnipeg truck driver Sarbjit Singh Matharu has been sentenced to eight years in jail for a 2016 crash that killed four people on Ontario’s Highway 400.
The 40-year-old was found guilty of four charges of criminal negligence causing death, and one charge of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, CP24 reports. He will be prohibited from driving for 10 years.
Superior Court Justice Michael Code noted in April that Matharu was driving on only two hours of sleep, and had been distracted by phone calls with friends in the final stretch of his run from Winnipeg to Hamilton, Ont.
The fiery crash occurred at about 10 pm on June 24, 2016, and involved 11 vehicles.
Three of the four victims were family members returning from a day at the Canada’s Wonderland amusement park – Valbona Vokshi, 35; her five-year-old daughter Isabela Kuci; and the girl’s grandmother Xhemile Vokshi, 55.
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There shouldn’t be fines for late delivery. Some things are beyond a driver’s control such as breakdowns, weather and traffic.
Better late than never.
I agree with Stephen Webster’s comment. the system needs to change as so many of the new Canadian drivers are being exploited by employers.
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Thanks we see it every day both at the hospital and at receiver’s.
8 YEARS IS NOT Enough what he did is MURDER & DEVASTATED A FAMILY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES . I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR THESE KILLERS IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT HE USED BE IT A TRUCK OR A GUN IT IS MURDER & IT SHOULD BE A LIFE SENTENCE & nothing LESS
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Then send the employer to jail as well. They knew he was working way too many hours.
Many new drivers to Canada are being pushed very much by their employers and the cost of to Canada. I agree that jail time is needed in a case like this. We also have to look at the employer the shipping company and the receiver and what fine they had for late delivery. The whole trucking industry needs to clean up starting with treatment of truck drivers before more come to Canada.