{"id":5528,"date":"2026-04-20T12:23:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/?p=7620419"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:23:39","slug":"in-video-driver-found-guilty-after-semi-smashed-into-tow-truck-mercedes-near-golden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/5528\/in-video-driver-found-guilty-after-semi-smashed-into-tow-truck-mercedes-near-golden\/","title":{"rendered":"iN VIDEO: Driver found guilty after semi smashed into tow truck, Mercedes near Golden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An Alberta man has been found guilty after he used a tow-truck like a jump ramp on the Trans-Canada Highway near Golden. Miraculously, no one was seriously injured or killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A BC Highway Patrol officer was working with a tow-truck driver to impound a Mercedes for speeding on Highway 1 in Yoho National Park around 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 8, 2023, according to a press release from police issued today, April 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The officer, the Mercedes driver and the tow-truck driver were out of the way when Dalvir Singh Jhattu, 38, ignored the flashing lights and drove his tractor trailer straight up the back of the tow truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/large_tractor-trailer_a85ca9.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"|\" class=\"wp-image-7620450\" title=\"|\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A tractor trailer on its side on Highway 1 with police officers and police vehicles in the background. SUBMITTED\/RCMP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Police released the dash camera footage of the crash to warn drivers to be careful and slow down around emergency flashing lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLuckily the tow truck operator, the police officer, and the Mercedes driver were safely off to the side of the road, or they would certainly have been killed,\u201d Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol said in the release. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe tractor-trailer driver could easily have died as his truck rolled over and he became trapped.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The consequences when drivers do not \u201cSlow Down and Move Over\u201d\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nmXuwVR8ApQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 8, 2026, Jhattu was found guilty of dangerous driving and was sentenced to a six-month conditional sentence, 90 days house arrest, a 12-month Canada-wide driving ban and conditions that prohibit him from possession or consumption of any alcohol or drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNormal speed limits exist for ideal conditions,\u201d Cpl. McLaughlin said. \u201cWhen road workers or emergency responders are at the side of the road, you are legally required to slow down even more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BC Highway Patrol has released a terrifying video of the 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