Jaskirat Singh Sidhu
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu
Photos of the sixteen people killed in the 2018 Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash (CBC News) [0]
Career
Jaskirat Sidhu was a truck driver for Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd., a small trucking company based in Calgary, Alberta.
He began working for the company in March 2018 and had only received two weeks of training before the 2018 Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash.
Sidhu was the only employee of the company other than the owner, Sukhmander Singh.
Sukhmander Singh found Jaskirat Sidhu through their circle of friends.
Legal Issues
Jaskirat Sidhu was charged with 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and 13 counts of dangerous operation of motor vehicle causing bodily injury.
He was arrested in Calgary on the morning of Friday, July 6, 2018 and remanded into custody.
Sidhu is set to appear in court in Saskatchewan the following week.
Sidhu was working for the Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd.
when the crash occurred at a rural intersection.
He was heading westbound on Highway 335 in a semi as a Charlie's Charters bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos was travelling northbound on Highway 35 to an SJHL playoff game in Nipawin, Saskatchewan.
The bus had the right of way.
There is a flashing stop sign for drivers on Highway 335 at Highway 35 between Nipawin and Tisdale.
The RCMP said the semi was in the intersection when the bus crashed into it.
Sidhu was briefly detained after the April 6, 2018 collision then released.
He was uninjured.
Sidhu worked for the trucking company for one month prior to the fatal collision, according to owner Sukhmander Singh.
Singh said Sidhu trained with him for two weeks and was driving on his own for two more weeks before the crash.
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Humboldt Broncos were heading to Nipawin for a playoff game when the collision occurred.
Ten members of the Broncos died.
The six other deaths included the bus driver, an athletic therapist, the head coach, assistant coach and two employees of Humboldt's FM radio station.