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A truck driver carrying a load of baked goods from Mississauga to California was so high on heroin that he had to be put on life-support after getting caught careening along Hwy. 401 in Cambridge.( S* F2 ~" Q; _% T& B
Rupinder Dhaliwal, 29, of Etobicoke spent two days in hospital and is now facing 90 days in jail — to be served on weekends — after leading guilty yesterday (Aug. 26) to dangerous driving and impaired driving.& Z* {- |( M) B2 a3 H R# K) \
"I can’t imagine a situation much more dangerous than the one you created,” Justice John Lynch told Dhaliwal. “You are a potential killer, sir.”0 i+ k: l& ^5 S+ F+ j1 V4 T
Several motorists called police after seeing a tractor-trailer swerving across all three lanes and the shoulder of the westbound highway in steady traffic one morning in February.
. l. Z) c$ j) I& j' l' w8 bConst. Monica Wenzlaff of the Cambridge OPP intercepted the rig at Franklin Boulevard.# G* l- `5 v# i. Y$ E
When she approached the vehicle, both Dhaliwal and another Etobicoke man, his co-driver, were dazed and confused.6 J% Y: m, d, s+ K- \% C3 e
“He kept closing his eyes and almost falling asleep while I was questioning him,” Wenzlaff wrote in a summary of the case./ n+ l3 }5 A6 @ U
The officer was so concerned, she called an ambulance and Dhaliwal was taken to Cambridge Memorial Hospital. Doctors couldn’t determine what was wrong and he was put on life-support while authorities investigated possible carbon monoxide poisoning.
4 t/ N3 _# Q5 A: }3 _& fEventually, the co-driver admitted they had snorted heroin before setting off from Mississauga with a load of baked goods for delivery in California.
& ]! a# Q/ i- H. A+ r' K7 sLynch stressed the potential for disaster since Dhaliwal was so out of it that Wenzlaff had a hard time even getting his attention in a marked cruiser with its siren wailing.
. g9 Z# d5 `% ?“You owe a debt of gratitude to the people who called this in and the officer who stopped you,” Lynch said.5 c, F0 u/ R! `, Y
Police were told Dhaliwal, who had no prior criminal record, had been driving for a Brampton trucking company for about three years.
' o+ D, K0 v3 |* ~3 b V- S4 @In addition to the 90-day jail sentence, he was prohibited from driving for 15 months and fined $200 for a Highway Traffic Act offence. |
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