ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A man is dead after falling from the back of a pickup truck that had driven in a Canada Day parade in Abbotsford, B.C.
Sohan Singh Sidhu, 65, was riding in the back of a Dodge Ram pickup truck towing the Indo-Canadian Seniors Society trailer and fell out at the intersection of Simon Avenue and Gladwin Road.
Sidhu was run over the trailer the truck was pulling.
Police say Sidhu had been riding in the back of a Dodge Ram pickup truck, which had recently left the Canada Day parade procession on Sunday afternoon.
They say he fell from the truck and was struck by the trailer it was pulling, sustaining serious injuries.
Abbotsford police say the float was just finishing up the parade route when Sidhu somehow fell off the truck.
“It was in a very short proximity of the end of the parade and it was leaving the parade so we don't know where it was going or what the circumstances were,” said Sgt. Judy Bird, spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department.
The driver of the pickup truck remained on scene and is co-operating with police, who are conducting an investigation.
Abbotsford police offered their condolences to the family and friends of the man who was killed. Sohan Singh Sidhu, who had been visiting Canada since April
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Abbotsford Police Department at 604-859-5225, text at 222973 (abbypd), or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
