Truck driver who concealed PTSD, Type 2 diabetes found guilty of causing deadly crash

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A former truck driver responsible for a fiery crash that killed four people on Highway 440 in Laval back in 2019 has been found guilty of criminal negligence causing death.A Quebec Superior Court judge said that 57-year-old Jagmeet Grewal demonstrated a clear pattern of disregard for the life and safety of others, and that he should have never even been at the wheel of a 53-foot-truck in the first place.Reading out her decision in front of Grewal, victims and their families, Judge Yanick Laramée said the driver was not paying attention at the wheel of his tractor trailer on the afternoon of Aug. 5, 2019.

She said he was not even medically fit to drive the vehicle. The judge said the truck became “a deadly weapon,” and the consequences were “disastrous.”In addition to the four people who died, 15 were injured, including Patricia Laplante and her two daughters.“One second I turned around, the next moment the car is crushed and everybody’s screaming,” Laplante told Global News.“There were multiple factors that made the judge conclude that on the spectre of negligence, this is a case of extreme negligence,” said Crown prosecutor Simon Blais.On a bright, sunny day, the judge said Grewal should have easily seen that traffic ahead of him was at a standstill.