Truck driver given three-year sentence in fatal crash in Oakville in 2019

A truck driver has been handed a three-year sentence after a crash that killed a Niagara Falls woman and injured seven other people.

A transport truck carrying a load of produce collided with multiple vehicles and burst into flames on the QEW on Aug. 22, 2019.

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The driver of one of the vehicles was killed. She was identified as Elena Kulikova, 34, a well-known Niagara Falls artist.

The truck driver, 34-year-old Muhammad Hasnai from Mississauga, was found guilty of dangerous driving causing death in February.

On Tuesday, he was given a three-year sentence and six-year driving prohibition.