Indian-origin truck driver jailed for 6 years in Canada, after killing 2

The driver admitted in court that he was playing a game (Ludo) on his mobile phone, while driving his tractor-trailer. As he crashed into the vehicles on the Highway, 2 people, namely Nancy Lefrançois, 42, died at the spot and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, died at a hospital.

New Delhi: A Court in Canada’s Quebec sentenced an Indian-origin truck driver to 6 years in prison for allegedly causing a crash which killed a woman and her 11-year-old son. The accident happened in 2022. The order convicting the driver Baljeet Singh was passed by judge Sacha Blais.

According to a report in the Times of India, Singh will turn 30 on Saturday. The order was passed by the Longueuil courthouse, said reports in the Canadian media.

Singh will have to spend 4 years, 4 months and 4 days in jail, as he is being given credit for the time already spent in jail. He was also banned from........

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