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The driver of the tractor-trailer that collided with the Humboldt Broncos team bus has been arrested and charged, RCMP announced on Friday.
Truck driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 29, is facing 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and 13 counts of dangerous operation of motor vehicle causing bodily injury.
He was arrested at his home in Calgary on Friday morning and remanded into custody. Sidhu is set to appear in court in Saskatchewan next week, but no date has been set.
Convictions for dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death can result in a sentence of up to 14 years in prison, while a conviction for injuring someone could land someone in prison for 10 years.
RCMP Superintendent Derek Williams explains the difference between a dangerous driving charge and driving without due care and attention charge.0:36
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'Whatever happened, happened for a reason,' said crash survivor and former Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki. 'His intention wasn't to go out and hurt us that day, but that mistake is obviously going to change his life and changed all our lives.'
The Humboldt Broncos released a statement Friday afternoon thanking the RCMP and its investigators for their work.
'Our organization has faith in the justice system and we will be watching closely as this court process plays out,' the statement read. 'Our primary focus continues to be supporting the survivors, families and others that were directly impacted by the tragedy on April 6.'
Sidhu was working for the Calgary-based Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd. when the crash occurred at a rural intersection.
He was driving west on Highway 335 in a semi as a Charlie's Charters bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos was northbound on Highway 35 to an SJHL playoff game in Nipawin, Sask.
The bus had the right of way. There is a flashing stop sign for drivers on Highway 335 at Highway 35 between Nipawin and Tisdale. The RCMP said the semi was in the intersection when the vehicles collided.
Sidhu was briefly detained after the April 6 collision then released. He was uninjured.
'I know it has been difficult for many to await the outcome of this police investigation,' said Curtis Zablocki, Saskatchewan RCMP commanding officer and assistant commissioner, noting the three-month timeline. 'The time it took to do this work — this important work — was necessary.'
The Canadian Trucking Alliance said in a statement Friday that once the facts of the case are known, it will work with the provinces and the federal government to improve commercial vehicle safety.
The statement also said the CTA would like to see the results of the investigation into the trucking company that employed Sidhu.
What we know about Sidhu
Sidhu worked for the trucking company for a month prior to the fatal collision, according to owner Sukhmander Singh. Singh said Sidhu trained with him for two weeks and was driving on his own for two more weeks before the crash.
Although Sidhu was not injured in the crash, he did receive trauma counselling in the aftermath.
Sidhu was a bachelor of commerce student at Panjab University in Chandigarh, India, from 2008 until 2012, according to his LinkedIn profile.
He made his way to Calgary on a student visa in 2013 to study for a diploma in business administration at Bow Valley College from 2014 until 2015.
Sidhu's lawyer declined to comment on his client.
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Humboldt Broncos were heading to Nipawin for a playoff game when the collision occurred.
Ten Broncos players died. The six other deaths included the bus driver, an athletic therapist, the head coach, assistant coach and two employees of Humboldt's FM radio station.
Dangerous driving vs. criminal negligence
Saskatoon-based criminal defence lawyer Brian Pfefferle said dangerous driving is just one of the possible charges that can be laid after serious collisions in Saskatchewan.
Criminal negligence causing death and bodily harm would be among the other possible charges.
Pfefferle said the RCMP's decision to charge Sidhu with dangerous driving suggests the Crown will argue that the driver's behaviour was more than negligence or a momentary lapse of judgment.
In order to secure a conviction, Pfefferle said the Crown will have to prove that the accused was driving in 'a manner that constituted a marked departure from the standard of a reasonably prudent driver in the circumstances.'
'There's lots of accidents that happen on Saskatchewan roadways where these types of charges aren't laid,' said Pfefferle.
'So I'm slightly surprised, I guess, by the fact that they've laid the charge but they obviously know information that the rest of the public doesn't know.'
The stop sign
Police have not disclosed the findings of their investigation into how the crash happened.
Brad Muir, an accident investigator with the Collision Reconstruction Group in Ajax, Ont., said he is pleased to see charges laid.
'I think we need to look and dig a little further into the facts of not just going through a stop sign, but what was the speed?' he said.
'We've got obviously a heavily laden commercial vehicle.'
Muir believes professional truck drivers need to be held to a high standard.
'I think that's going to go into the decision-making of laying that higher level criminal charge,' he said.
Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier (ATTC) | |
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Type | amphibious armoured vehicle |
Place of origin | Singapore |
Service history | |
Used by | See users |
Production history | |
Designer | ST Kinetics |
Manufacturer | ST Kinetics, Otokar (under license)[1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 15 tonnes (33,100 lb) |
Length | 8.6 metres (28 ft 3 in) |
Width | 2.2 metres (7 ft 2.6 in) |
Height | 2.3 metres (7 ft 6.6 in) |
Crew | 16 (6 front + 10 rear) |
Armor | Steel, AMAP-ADS active protection system |
Main armament | FN MAG 7.62 mm General Purpose Machine Gun (ATTC); or Ultimax 100 5.56 mm Light Machine Gun[2] |
Smoke grenade launchers | |
Engine | Caterpillar 3126B 350 bhp (261 kW) at 2400 rpm |
Speed | Paved road: 60 km/h (37.3 mph) Cross country: 25 km/h (15.5 mph) Swimming: 4.5 km/h (2.80 mph) |
The Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier (ATTC) is a twin chassis multi-purpose articulated tracked carrier jointly developed by ST Kinetics and the Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA) for the Singapore Army. The variant which was in service with the UK armed forces is known as the Warthog.
- 2Deployment
- 3Variants
- 4Operators
Design[edit]
Designed to traverse difficult terrain, the Bronco has a ground pressure of 60 kPa and is fitted with heavy duty seamless rubber tracks and a running gear system for soft ground conditions and directional stability. Swimming operations require minimal preparation and it can achieve a swimming speed of 5 km/h. The Bronco's four-sprocket drive, fully articulated steering with optional differential lock provides for small turning radius manoeuvres and improved performance.
The Bronco has a load carrying capacity of up to 5 tonnes and is capable of a top speed of 60 km/h (37 mph) on the road and at least 25 km/h (16 mph) on cross-country terrain. An advantage the standard Bronco has over other western armoured personnel carriers is its relatively large interior, with seating for 16 including the driver.
Deployment[edit]
The Bronco has been fully operational with the Singapore Armed Forces for several years, with more than 600 on order and production still underway.[3]
British service[edit]
A British Warthog on trial at Bovington Camp.
In December 2008, ST Kinetics was awarded a £150 million contract by the British Ministry of Defence for over 100 Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carriers for use in Afghanistan.[4] The vehicles, dubbed the Warthog in British service, replaced Vikings previously operating in southern Afghanistan by the British military,[5] and was procured as part of a £700 million package of Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs) announced by Defence Secretary John Hutton. Deliveries began in the third quarter of 2009 and finished in 2010.[6][7]
Four Warthog variants were built under the contract – Troop Carrier, Ambulance, Command, and Repair & Recovery. The ambulance variant is capable of carrying casualties, medics and kit. Warthog's repair and recovery variant is fitted with a crane and winch, and has the capability to tow another 18-tonne Warthog vehicle back from the front line.
Once delivered to the UK, contractor Thales fitted the vehicles according to MoD specifications with communications systems, specialist counter-measure equipment and extra protective armour at their facility in the former MoD depot at Llangennech near Llanelli, South Wales.[8] The first vehicles arrived in service to Afghanistan in mid-2010.
In December 2010, British Army soldier – Lance Corporal William Reeks – survived an IED attack after the Warthog he was travelling in set off a 50 kg (110 lb) improvised explosive device. His family believes that the stronger armour of the Warthogs, which replaced less heavily fortified Viking armoured vehicles, helped save their son's life.[9][10]
Warthog continued in British service in Helmand Province till the closure of Camp Bastion in 2015. It was crewed throughout its use in Afghanistan by soldiers exclusively from the Royal Armoured Corps. The last Warthog Group came from C (the Duke of Edinburgh) Squadron, the Queen's Royal Hussars.
Jane's military guide has reported that British Warthog vehicles will be transformed to serve as transporter vehicles for Thales Watchkeeper UAV manned by 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery and 47th Regiment Royal Artillery under the Army 2020 concept.[11] A March 2016 Jane's report stated the British army 'dumped' the Warthog in October 2015, as 'it was decided that the capability required from Warthog could be delivered by other vehicles'.[12]
Variants[edit]
2010 Thai floods, Thailand's prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva surveying flooded regions from the relative safety atop a Royal Thai Army's Bronco troop carrier variant.
Singapore has already deployed several variants of the Bronco, including ambulance, engineer, repair and recovery, load carrier, troop carrier and fuel resupply vehicles.
Mortar Tracked Carrier[edit]
A variant of the Bronco All-Terrain Tracked Carrier, the Mortar Tracked Carrier (MTC) is jointly developed by the SAF, DSTA and Singapore Technologies Kinetics. Operating on a 4 men crew, the MTC's primary weapon is the ST Kinetics 120mm Super Rapid Advanced Mortar System (SRAMS), the world's first recoiled mortar to incorporate a blast diffuser,[13] greatly reducing the blast overpressure effect generated by mortars, thus allowing longer periods of firingwithout injuring the crew. The MTC has a built-in Automatic Fire Control System (AFCS) comprising a Fire Control Unit and an Inertial Navigation System, allowing it to conduct immediate deployment without conventional surveying methods. A hydro-pneumatic Recoil System reduces the overall recoil force, thus allowing minimal reinforcement of the original hull structure, and post-firing stabilising time. This increases the rate of firing with improved accuracy.
The AFCS is also equipped with a Mortar Platoon Management System (MPMS), which enables it to be networked via the Battlefield Management System (BMS).
Operators[edit]
Map with Bronco operators in blue
Current operators[edit]
- Singapore: Singapore Armed Forces
- Thailand: Royal Thai Army
Former Operators[edit]
- United Kingdom: British Army[14]
See also[edit]
- BvS 10 – the vehicle supplemented by the Bronco in British Army service.
- Sisu Nasu - Finnish tracked ATV
- Bandvagn 206 - Swedish tracked ATV currently in service
- Vityaz (ATV) - large, Soviet tracked ATV
References[edit]
- Notes
- ^http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/26494/st-kinetics-aims-at-turkish-army-market-%28oct.-1%29.html
- ^Christopher F Foss (20 June 2000). 'New All Terrain Vehicle Makes Tracks For Eurosatory'. Jane's Daily (subscription required to access). Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- ^'Bronco seeks first export orders'. Jane's Defence Industry. 3 July 2006.
- ^'ST Engineering's Land Systems Arm Awarded £150m Contract By UK MoD For Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carriers'. ST Kinetics. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
- ^'Singapore to Supply Armored Vehicles to U.K.', Defence News, 4 December 2008
- ^'The Warthog is on its way', Ministry of Defence, 19 December 2008
- ^Singaporean Carriers for the Royal Marines[permanent dead link]
- ^'New base to equip Afghan vehicles'. BBC News. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^Paul, Christian (17 January 2011). 'Welwyn Hatfield-born soldier survives Afghanistan bomb blast'. Welwyn Hatfield Times. Welwyn Hatfield: Archant Regional Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^Paul, Christian (4 February 2011). 'Welwyn Hatfield soldier's survival tale makes a splash in Singapore'. Welwyn Hatfield Times. Welwyn Hatfield: Archant Regional Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^http://www.janes.com/article/28170/warthog-heads-for-uk-uav-support-role
- ^http://www.janes.com/article/58712/british-army-ditches-warthog-armoured-vehicle
- ^'Lethality on the Modern Battlefield'Archived 21 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, RUSI Defence Systems, 2004
- ^de Larrinaga, Nicholas (10 March 2016). 'British Army ditches Warthog armoured vehicle'. IHS Jane's 360. London: IHS Jane's. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- Online
- Christopher F Foss (2009-02-22) First public showing for STK’s Warthog Retrieved 2009-10-10.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bronco ATTC. |
- BritishForcesNews video of Second Royal Tank Regiment's (2RTR) Warthog debut in Afghanistan on YouTube
- BritishForcesNews video of Royal Scots Dragoon Guard's (RSDG) Warthog operating in Afghanistan on YouTube
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