When Singh’s transport crashed into the Chevy Silverado pickup truck driven by Todd Gardiner, the OnStar system in Gardiner’s pickup recorded a sudden acceleration. In less than a second from 1
The speed of the Singh transport truck at the time of the collision was between 89 kph and 92 kph.
The force of the collision caused the Gardiner vehicle to collide with another vehicle, which inturn collided with another transport truck.
Singh’s transport, along with Gardiner’s vehicle and another vehicle were engulfed in flames. The two men died at the scene.
BALJINDER SINGH
Speyer said Singh’s actions that night, “were the product of his deliberate choice.”
There was no evidence of drugs or alcohol, or that Singh was distracted or fatigued.
Singh is a permanent resident of Canada. Has been married twice and has three children.
He came to Canada in 2007 and made a successful claim for refugee status and became a permanent resident of Canada in 2009.
Singh has not sought on Canadian citizenship.
When Singh first came to Canada he worked as a priest for the first year.
He obtained his transport license in Montreal where he drove for four years.
After that he moved to Brampton where he worked as a long distance truck driver to Montreal, New Brunswick and Calgary where he remained employed as of sentencing.
Justice Speyer said Singh is not in good health experiencing, hypertension, kidney stones, insomnia, major depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder among others which are mostly as a result of the collision.
Singh’s apology submitted previous to the court, states he feels very guilty and sorry about what happened.
“He thinks about the collision all the time and prays for the souls of the dead men and their families.”
Justice Speyer said Singh does have a record of conviction for numerous Highway Traffic Act offences related to his driving including, two convictions for an unsafe move in 2010 and 2012, one conviction for disobeying a red light in 2011 and a conviction in 2015 for improper drive on divided highway – lane change.Each of the convict
ions resulted in demerit points.