Truck driver charged in deadly crash granted bail
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BRANDON — The truck driver involved in a multi-vehicle collision in Brandon that resulted in the death of a 49-year-old woman will be able to live in Ontario while awaiting trial.
Brijpal Panwar, 35, who is charged with dangerous driving causing death, was granted bail Monday in Brandon provincial court.
Crown attorney Reid Girard consented to his release from custody on a bail plan that included a $5,000 cash deposit and a $5,000 surety.
First responders stand at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 110 and Richmond Avenue East in Brandon on Wednesday. (Alex Lambert/The Brandon Sun)
Girard read the conditions Panwar must follow, including that he must reside at a residence in Etobicoke, Ont., surrender his driver’s licence to the Brandon Police Service within 24 hours of his release and report to a specific Toronto Police Service station every second Friday.
The release plan prohibits Panwar from operating a vehicle or being in the driver’s seat of a vehicle. He must remain in the jurisdiction of Manitoba and Ontario and surrender his passport.
A Hindi translator was in court to assist the accused.
“Are you prepared to follow these conditions?” Judge Patrick Sullivan asked.
Panwar responded by nodding his head yes.
Panwar was travelling north on Highway 110 in a semi-truck on May 28 and failed to stop at a stop sign affixed with a red flashing light, police said.
His truck collided with an SUV at “highway speeds,” Brandon police said in a news release after the collision.
Police said the force of the crash caused both vehicles to collide with another semi-truck, which was stopped at the intersection, facing south.
Conquer Transport Inc., the company that employed the accused, had its safety fitness certificate revoked in Manitoba in 2021, the province has said.
The province became aware in February 2022 that the trucking company “continued to operate in the province under a safety fitness certificate and vehicle registration from Alberta,” a government spokesperson previously told the Brandon Sun.
Panwar’s matter will appear again on an administrative docket on July 7.
— Skye Anderson, Brandon Sun