The owner of the Calgary-based trucking company involved in the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan has pleaded guilty to five charges, admitting he failed to comply with federal and provincial safety regulations. Sixteen people were killed and 13 injured after the Adesh-owned semi driven by Jaskirat Singh Sidhu blew through a stop sign at a rural highway intersection and collided with the bus. asked provincial court Judge Sean Dunnigan as he imposed a $1,000 fine for each offence, for a total of $5,000. The investigation revealed in the months leading to the crash that Singh was missing a total of 27 daily logs for his own driving. Sidhu was missing two daily logs between Jan. 1 and March 31, 2018, while a third driver had no missing logs.

Source: CBC News March 27, 2019 15:45 UTC