India, March 9 -- The Indian-origin truck driver responsible for a bus crash that killed 16 members of a Canadian junior ice hockey team in 2018 is fighting his upcoming deportation to India. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was behind the wheel of a semi-trailer truck and failed to stop at a highway intersection on April 6, 2018, leading to one of Canada's deadliest road accidents.

The crash killed 16 people, including members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team and support personnel. Thirteen others were injured in the crash, which occurred en route to a playoff game. (Also read: 2018 fatal Canada crash: Convicted Punjab-origin driver faces deportation)

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2019, after pleading guilty. In...