Man, am I the only one getting sick and tired of hearing this type of story every day?
An Indian trucker who had been driving for 16 hours straight when he smashed through a construction zone and killed an Olympic figure skater and mom was given a 2.5 year sentence after pleading guilty in an Ontario court.
Yep. 30 months in jail and 7 year driving ban for his criminal negligence that resulted in death.
Here's CTV out of Canada:
Sukhwinder Sidhu has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for killing Olympian Alexandra Paul and injuring four others, including her 10-month-old son ...
Sidhu pleaded guilty just days ahead of his trial in February to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the horrific crash along County Road 124 on Aug. 22, 2023.
The court heard he was working for 26 hours, including driving for almost 16 hours straight before barrelling into Paul's car, sending it crashing into a ditch while her little boy screamed.
Mom was killed in the car with her baby boy. And the man who killed her while driving double the speed limit in a construction zone gets what amounts to a slap on the wrist.
Alexandra Paul's husband, also a skater, is devastated.
Paul was an Olympic figure skater from Midhurst, Ont., just 90 minutes north of Toronto. Her husband, Mitch Islam, who she skated alongside, described the life-shattering consequences of Sidhu's actions.
'The family I dreamed of will never be whole,' Islam said, telling the court of losing his wife and the mother of his little boy before he took his first steps or celebrated his first birthday.
Islam described marrying the girl of his dreams, 'as partners on and off the ice for more than 12 years, calling their bond unbreakable,' reliving the moment he found out his wife has died on her way home from the family cottage that day.
Figure things out, Canada. Quickly.
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