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Truck driver sentenced to 6 years for causing deadly pile-up near Montreal while playing cellphone game

Judge says Baljeet Singh showed a complete lack of judgment after his truck hit eight vehicles in a construction zone, killing a mother and son.

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An Ontario truck driver who admitted to playing a game on his cellphone while driving and causing a deadly, seven-car pileup near Montreal has been sentenced to six years in prison.

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A trucker who had killed a mother and her son by being on his phone driving on the South Shore of Montreal received six years in prison.

·Montreal, Canada
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The fatal carbbling took place in July 2022 on Highway 30 in Brossard.

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Playing a game on his cell phone in the middle of Highway 30, a trucker devastated a family in 2022, killing a mother and his son and ruining the lives of the two survivors. After his ride in India and the United States, the driver was sentenced on Wednesday to six years of prison service.

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City News broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
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