Impaired Ontario driver sentenced for causing crash that killed rideshare passenger [Video]

The man who crashed into an Ontario rideshare, killing the passenger inside, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for offences including impaired driving and dangerous driving causing death.

On Sept. 11, 2021, Ajamkot Sandhu, a 25-year-old Mississauga man, caused a fatal collision at the intersection of Winston Churchill Boulevard and Burmhamthorpe Road.

Sandhu, who was found guilty by a jury in August 2024 on seven charges, including impaired driving, dangerous driving causing death and mischief, has been out on bail since he was arrested four months after the deadly collision.

His sentencing on Wednesday also included a 15-year driving ban.

The victim was 34-year-old Matthew Cruz, who was killed while sitting in the back seat of the Lyft he was a passenger in that night. For his family, the sentencing is the end of a long road to justice.

“He (Sandhu) got to say goodbye to his family — they got to say goodbye to him, that’s something …