Two men have been sentenced to three years in prison followed by deportation for a horrific hit-and-run in Surrey last January.
Surrey police say Gaganpreet Singh and Jagdeep Singh were two of the three occupants in a red Ford Mustang that struck the male pedestrian in the early morning of Jan. 27, 2024.
Officers found both the vehicle and the pedestrian a few blocks away from where the hit-and-run was reported, and the victim was declared dead at the scene.
In February of this year, Singh and Singh pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous operation of a conveyance, failure to stop after an accident with a person, and interference with a dead body.
Sentencing took place Wednesday morning.
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Crown prosecutor Adam Jantunen says the victim’s family are still devastated.
“It was an absolutely horrific case, and it was an extremely sad case. The victim was well loved by his family, his friends, and members of his First Nation and his community. [He] left behind a young child,” Jantunen told media outside a courthouse.
He says the presiding judge noted that the men had no previous criminal history and made a terrible decision.
“If it had simply been a motor vehicle collision, it would have been an absolutely sad and tragic accident, but what they were sentenced for was their behaviour after they struck the victim and continued driving as they did.”
Both Gaganpreet Singh and Jagdeep Singh were living in Canada on student visas and will be deported after they serve their three-year sentences.
A lawyer for one of the two says both men are remorseful about what happened.
—With files from The Canadian Press
