Humboldt Broncos families react to truck driver being granted day parole following fatal 2018 crash

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Families of those killed in the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan are sharing their thoughts after the truck driver responsible for the crash was granted day parole.

"My hope is when the day he gets full parole, the immigration board's waiting to take him onto a plane, and he's gone," said Russell Herold, father of late Humboldt Bronco Adam Herold.

On Wednesday, the Parole Board of Canada granted Jaskirat Singh Sidhu day parole for six months. Sidhu will get full parole after those six months if he follows all conditions, including not contacting the families of the victims.

Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the April 6, 2018, collision that killed 16 people and injured 13.

Sidhu is awaiting a decision from the Immigration Board of Canada if he will be deported or not. Sidhu was a permanent resident at the time of the crash. In Canada, a criminal conviction that carries a sentence of more than six months makes a permanent resident ineligible to stay in the country.