Humboldt Broncos bus crash are sharing their thoughts the day after the truck driver responsible for the crash was granted day parole.On Wednesday, the Parole Board of Canada granted Jaskirat Singh Sidhu day parole for six months.
Sidhu will get full parole after those six months if he follows all conditions, including not contacting the families of the victims.
Truck driver in deadly Humboldt Broncos crash granted day parole for 6 months Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the April 6, 2018, collision that killed 16 people and injured 13.Russell Herold, father of 16-year-old Adam Herold who was killed in the crash, was upset by the parole board’s decision.“I would never trust him to drive a car again to be honest with you,” Herold told Global News.“He’s still in jail technically, but I guess my hope is the day he gets full parole, the immigration board is waiting to take him onto a plane and he’s gone, forever out of our eyes so (we) can begin to forget about him.”Sidhu is awaiting a decision from the Immigration Board of Canada if he will be deported or not.
Sidhu was a permanent resident at the time of the crash.In Canada, a criminal conviction that carries a sentence of more than six months makes a permanent resident ineligible to stay in the country.In June, Sidhu’s immigration lawyer Michael Greene said he hoped to have a chance to argue against his client’s possible deportation before the Federal Court of Canada. ‘Permanent exile’: lawyer for trucker in Broncos crash hopes to argue deportation “It’s just going to keep revolving if he stays in Canada.