The passenger who was using in a cargo van concerned in a lethal wrong-way crash on Freeway 401 east of Toronto final month has been charged in reference to a theft linked to the incident, in accordance with court docket paperwork.
Newly-obtained Oshawa court docket information present Manpreet Gill is dealing with 12 prison charges stemming from the day of the crash, together with one depend of allegedly robbing an LCBO. He has not been charged in relation to the collision, which killed 4 folks, together with an toddler, and got here after a high-speed police chase via Durham area.
Gill, 38, was beforehand recognized as the only real passenger within the U-Haul van that crashed on Freeway 401 in Whitby, Ont. on April 29, following a reported LCBO theft in Bowmanville, within the regional municipality of Clarington. The car was seen weaving via site visitors in the wrong way, whereas pursued by at the very least 20 police automobiles on both facet of the freeway.
The following multi-vehicle collision killed three-month previous Aditya Vivaan from Ajax, and his grandparents, Manivannan Srinivasapillai and Mahalakshmi Ananthakrishnan, who had been visiting from India. The van’s driver, Gagandeep Singh, additionally died.
Gill was hospitalized with severe accidents after the crash. His present situation will not be identified.
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Milica Maljkovic Birkett discovered herself in the course of a police chase throughout her Monday commute. Dashcam video reveals the van barrelling towards her as police adopted on Freeway 401 in Whitby.
The brand new cost sheet, obtained at an Oshawa courthouse on Friday, reveals for the primary time that police allege Gill performed a job within the cascade of occasions main as much as the crash.
A Durham police spokesperson declined to touch upon the fees, citing the continued Particular Investigations Unit (SIU) probe. The SIU additionally declined to remark.
Gill was resulting from seem through video hyperlink for a bail listening to on the Ontario Courtroom of Justice in Oshawa on Thursday morning, however court docket information present he didn’t attend.
The brand new charges embody one depend of theft from the Clarington liquor retailer and one other depend of possession of stolen LCBO merchandise price as much as $5,000. Gill can be dealing with additional charges of breach of probation.
Durham Regional Police additionally allege within the court docket information that Gill stole merchandise price as much as $5,000 from a Canadian Tire in Clarington on April 26.
Accused confronted different prison charges in recent times
The SIU beforehand mentioned the sequence of occasions started when Durham police “grew to become conscious of a theft at an LCBO in Clarington.”
Ontario Provincial Police radio communications that night, which had been shared on-line, instructed a suspect had “tried to rob the shop [and] pulled a knife on an off-duty officer.”
When requested by a Ontario Chronicle reporter final week, Durham Regional Police Chief Peter Moreira declined to elucidate what occurred on the Clarington LCBO.
“In my thoughts, these occasions are usually not separated,” he mentioned, referring to the theft, adopted by the chase and crash. “I’ll let the SIU full their investigation.”
Gill was on probation on the time of the April 29 crash and confronted different prison charges in recent times.
He was charged on Feb. 17 with stealing merchandise from an LCBO in Vaughan, in addition to possession of stolen property and breach of probation. A launch order signed that very same day banned Gill from attending the LCBO outlet.
In July 2022, he was charged with being in possession of a stolen car in Mississauga. Courtroom information associated to that case included a handwritten be aware dated Might 6, 2024, stating he was nonetheless in hospital and “wants time to get higher.”
The passenger allegedly concerned in a lethal wrong-way crash on Freeway 401 in April has been charged in reference to a theft linked to the incident, court docket paperwork present. (Patrick Morrell/CBC)
