> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.thecanadareport.ca/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Quebec Truck Driver Sentenced to Six Years for Fatal Highway 30 Crash - URL: https://www.thecanadareport.ca/quebec-truck-driver-sentenced/ - Published: 2026-10-02T15:54:30.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-02T16:02:44.000Z - Description: Quebec truck driver Baljeet Singh receives six years for a fatal Highway 30 crash that killed a mother and her son. - Author: Steve Cogbill - Tags: Daily News, Quebec | Sourced from 4 independent sources · 2 points in dispute | | -------------------------------------------------------- | The New Indian Express, The Tribune, News9Live, and Montreal Gazette Sources agree on most key facts but differ on 2 points. 7 key facts · 7 corroborated · 2 disputed Where sources differ The date of the fatal crash in 2022. News9Live: The accident happened on July 19, 2022. Montreal Gazette: Singh caused the fatal crash on July 29, 2022. How many vehicles were involved. News9Live: There was a 7-vehicle pileup on Highway 30. Montreal Gazette: His truck plowed into eight vehicles that had stopped at a construction zone. This summary is compiled from the independent sources listed above. A Quebec court has sentenced Baljeet Singh, 29, to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in a 2022 crash on Highway 30 near Montreal. The crash killed Nancy Lefrançois, 42, and her 11-year-old son, Loïc, and injured 10 other people. Singh has also been barred from driving for 10 years. ## A sentence rooted in distraction Quebec Court Judge Sacha Blais imposed the sentence after hearing that Singh was playing Ludo on his cellphone while driving a 53-foot tractor-trailer and was not watching the road before the collision. Blais condemned Singh’s conduct in stark terms. According to reporting from the Longueuil courthouse, the judge described a “complete lack of judgment” in using a phone to play a game while operating the large truck. The courtroom account centred on a simple but devastating lapse of attention: a driver at the wheel of a tractor-trailer, focused on a game rather than the road ahead. Singh pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm, bringing the criminal case to a close with a prison term and a lengthy driving prohibition. ## Two lives lost on Highway 30 Lefrançois and her son Loïc were killed in the Highway 30 collision, a loss that has remained at the centre of the case as it moved through the courts. Their deaths were followed by injuries to 10 other people, widening the impact of the crash well beyond one family. Blais said Singh’s driving was “negligent” and demonstrated “disregard for the lives of others,” according to The New Indian Express. The judge also criticized Singh’s decision to play a video game while driving. ## Arrested in United States The case took a longer route to the Quebec courtroom after Singh was arrested in the United States in 2025. He was later handed over to Canada to face the charges connected to the Highway 30 crash. His eventual guilty plea meant the court did not proceed to a trial over the dangerous-driving allegations. The six-year sentence and 10-year driving ban now set out the legal consequences for a collision that killed a mother and child, injured 10 others and drew attention to the dangers of cellphone distraction behind the wheel. **Reader-funded. No ads. No paywall.** The Canada Report is independent, reader-funded Canadian news — no advertisers, nothing behind a paywall, kept free for everyone. If you value it, you can help keep it that way. [Support The Canada Report →](https://www.thecanadareport.ca/support/) --- [*Source 1*](https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Oct/02/indian-origin-truck-driver-sentenced-to-six-year-prison-after-fatal-crash-that-killed-mother-her-son?ref=thecanadareport.ca) *|* [*Source 2*](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/punjab-origin-truck-driver-gets-6-year-jail-term-in-canada-for-fatal-crash-while-playing-game-on-phone/amp/?ref=thecanadareport.ca) *|* [*Source 3*](https://www.news9live.com/world/indian-origin-truck-driver-jailed-for-6-years-in-canada-after-killing-2-3012382?ref=thecanadareport.ca) *|* [*Source 4*](https://montrealgazette.com/news/truck-driver-sentenced-to-six-years-for-killing-two-people-in-highway-30-crash-while-playing-video-game-on-his-cellphone/?ref=thecanadareport.ca) ## Sign up for The Canada Report Your modern digest of Canadian news. Friendly, clear, and in your inbox. Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.