A man who avoided Canadian authorities for more than nine months after being accused of driving a semi-trailer truck through a stop sign, causing a crash that killed a Manitoba mother and daughter, was arrested at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Thursday.
Navjeet Singh, 25, had been wanted since November for two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and one count of obstructing a police officer.
The Brampton, Ont., man was arrested at Pearson International Airport on Thursday morning by Peel Regional Police and Canada Border Services Agency officers after he arrived in Canada on an Ethiopian Airlines flight, Manitoba RCMP said in a news release Friday.
Mounties allege Singh drove a semi through a stop sign on Highway 201 and hit an SUV travelling sout