Semi truck ‘launched in the air’ off tow truck in video shared by Canadian police as a reminder to Move Over
The British Columbia (BC) Highway Patrol shared dash cam video of a tractor trailer vs. tow truck crash that resulted in a dangerous driving conviction and serious consequences for a truck driver.
On April 8, 2026, Dalvir Singh Jhattu, 38, was sentenced after he was found guilty of dangerous driving for a crash that occurred when he was operating a tractor trailer in BC in 2023, according to a BC Highway Patrol news release.
Jhattu was sentenced to:
- A six-month conditional sentence order
- 90 days of house arrest
- A 12-month Canada-wide driving ban
- Conditions that include no possession or consumption of alcohol, drugs or intoxicating substances
The crash occurred on December 8, 2023, in Yoho National Park, BC.
A BC Highway patrol officer was working with a tow truck to impound a Mercedes for excessive speeding on Highway 1 west of Field.
The tow truck had warning lights activated.
Police said that Jhattu “ignored the flashing lights and drove his eastbound tractor trailer straight up the back of the tow truck, destroying the tow truck, the tractor trailer, and the Mercedes.”
In video of the crash, an officer on scene tells a dispatcher that the “semi truck launched in the air” after striking the tow truck.
“Luckily the tow truck operator, the police officer, and the Mercedes driver were safely off to the side of the road, or they would certainly have been killed,” says Corporal Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol. “The tractor-trailer driver could easily have died as his truck rolled over and he became trapped.”
BC Highway Patrol released the video on April 20, 2026, “to illustrate the consequences when drivers do not “Slow Down and Move Over” in the presence of flashing amber, or blue and red lights.”
Take a look at the video below.