Truck driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu pleaded guilty on Jan. 8, 2019 to 29 counts of dangerous driving in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. (File photo/650 CKOM)

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Semi driver in Broncos bus crash loses bid to stay in Canada

Mar 9, 2022 | 3:30 PM

The truck driver involved in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash nearly four years ago has lost a bid to stay in Canada after his sentence ends.

Reports say Jaskirat Singh Sidhu’s application to the Canada Border Services Agency to remain in the country had been rejected.

As a result, Sidhu will face deportation to India once he serves out his sentence.

However, reports say Sidhu plans to challenge the CBSA’s decision in federal court. He has other possible avenues to remain in the country as well.

Some of the Broncos families have supported Sidhu’s bid to stay in Canada, while others say he should be deported.

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Sidhu was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the April 2018 collision that killed 16 people and injured 13.

The SJHL’s Broncos were en route to a playoff game in Nipawin when their bus collided with a semi driven by Sidhu, who had gone through a stop sign at the intersection of two highways near Tisdale.