No leads on trucker charged in deaths of mom, daughter

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More than four months after a semi-truck driver was charged in a collision that killed a Manitoba mother and daughter and then fled, police say they are no closer to finding the Ontario man.

Navjeet Singh, 25, of Brampton, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. He was charged Nov. 20 with two counts of dangerous driving causing death and a single count of obstructing a peace officer.

Police said Singh was behind the wheel of a semi-trailer when it plowed through an intersection near Altona and struck an SUV on Nov. 15, killing Sara Unger, 35, and her eight-year-old daughter Alexa.

“From what I’ve been advised, Pembina Valley RCMP do not have any current leads on where the accused is,” RCMP media relations officer, Sgt. Paul Manaigre said in an email Friday.

“We are still continuing the search.”

Singh was taken to hospital after the crash, but was treated and released before giving a statement to police. Investigators scheduled a meeting with him the following day, but he failed to show up. It was initially believed he had fled to the greater Toronto area because he did not have any friends or family in Winnipeg.

“The one contact he had in Winnipeg has not seen him or heard from him since it is believed he left the city. As far as evading capture, if he did make it back to Brampton, the large centre there makes it easier for him to hide out,” police said in December, noting two tips provided to investigators regarding Singh could not be substantiated.

RCMP has not publicly confirmed whether Singh is a Canadian citizen, but previously said he held a valid Ontario driver’s licence.

Investigators are working with multiple government agencies, including Manitoba Motor Carrier Enforcement, Transport Canada and the Canadian Border Services Agency but “no new information has come to light,” Manaigre said.

Relatives of the victims previously told the Free Press Unger was a loving mother who was heavily involved in her church and community.

She was born in Mexico and had eight siblings. Her family moved to Ontario before settling in Manitoba when she was 10 years old. It was there she met her husband and Alexa’s father, Peter Unger, her obituary said.

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“She had a big heart, wanted everyone to get along. Her main focus was to grow her faith and the evidence she left behind is so reassuring that she is in a better place,” it said.

Alexa’s obituary described her as “the most sassy full of life little girl you could ever meet.”

“Her love for Jesus and singing was strong, almost like a burning fire and (she) wasn’t afraid or embarrassed to tell or show everyone around her,” it said.

“She passed away in her daddy’s arms at the (Health Sciences Centre), to go be with her mom and Jesus.”

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Tyler Searle
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Tyler Searle is a multimedia producer who writes for the Free Press’s city desk. A graduate of Red River College Polytechnic’s creative communications program, he wrote for the Stonewall Teulon Tribune, Selkirk Record and Express Weekly News before joining the paper in 2022. Read more about Tyler.

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