{"id":6719,"date":"2026-04-15T23:33:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/6719\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:33:32","slug":"driver-in-fatal-2022-montreal-south-shore-pileup-pleads-guilty-after-years-on-the-run-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/6719\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver in fatal 2022 Montreal South Shore pileup pleads guilty after years on the run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The truck driver accused of causing a fatal 2022 pileup on Montreal\u2019s South Shore has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Baljeet Singh, 29, appeared at the Longueuil, Que., courthouse Wednesday via videoconference from a detention centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving causing death and three counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The charges stem from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/highway-30-pileup-1.6526007\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:collision on Highway 30;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;collision on Highway 30&quot;}\" class=\"link \">collision on Highway 30<\/a> near the Saint-Hubert borough of Longueuil on the night of July 22, 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Evidence shows that Singh was on\u00a0his cellphone playing an online game at the time of the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Singh\u2019s semi-trailer failed to slow down as it approached a construction zone, slamming into several vehicles, according to witnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec (SQ) confirmed that seven vehicles were struck in the pileup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nancy Lefran\u00e7ois, 42, and her 11-year-old son, Lo\u00efc, were killed, while 10 others were injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following the crash, Singh was treated briefly at a hospital for nervous shock but fell off the grid the next day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities said he fled to Toronto before leaving for India and California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/2191844\/carambolage-a30-brossard-singh-camionneur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:international arrest warrant;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;international arrest warrant&quot;}\" class=\"link \">international arrest warrant<\/a> was issued in July 2023, and Singh was arrested by U.S. federal agents in California on Aug. 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He was formally charged in September 2025 with dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the Directeur des poursuites criminelles et p\u00e9nales, the maximum penalty for dangerous driving causing death is life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Singh is expected back in court on June 4 for sentencing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The truck driver accused of causing a fatal 2022 pileup on Montreal\u2019s South Shore has pleaded guilty 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