2 charged in B.C. hit-and-run where victim’s body found 1.6 km away

Two men person been charged successful a deadly Surrey hit-and-run wherever nan victim’s assemblage was discovered 1.6 kilometres distant from nan location wherever he was initially struck.

Gaganpreet Singh, 21, and Jagdeep Singh, 22, are accused of vulnerable driving, failing to extremity astatine an mishap and connection assistance to nan injured person.

They’re besides charged pinch indignity to a dormant assemblage aliases quality remains and wilfully attempting to obstruct, pervert, aliases conclusion nan people of justness by disposing of, concealing aliases covering up grounds of a centrifugal conveyance accident.

Lawyer Ravi Hira, K.C., who is not connected to nan case, said hit-and-run allegations tin pertain to drivers and passengers.

“If you say, ‘I cognize we deed somebody, let’s conscionable leave, let’s get retired of present – drive,’ you’re counselling leaving nan segment of an accident,” nan Hira Rowan LLP partner told Global News.

“As a party, you’re conscionable arsenic guilty.”

Surrey RCMP said nan victim, identified successful tribunal documents arsenic Jason Albert Grey, was deed astir 1:40 a.m. connected January 27 successful nan roadway northbound connected University Drive and 104 Avenue. A witnesser saw a reddish Ford Mustang onslaught nan man earlier taking off.

Grey’s assemblage was recovered respective blocks distant astatine 109 Avenue and 132 Street.

A neighbour’s surveillance cameras captured a reddish Ford Mustang travelling on 132 Street soon aft 1:40 a.m., earlier stopping astatine 109 Avenue.

Police would not corroborate whether nan unfortunate was dragged 8 blocks earlier becoming dislodged from nan fishy vehicle, but said nan Mustang was quickly located and its 3 occupants taken into custody.

Hira said a complaint of interfering pinch a dormant assemblage could subordinate to striking a personification and knowing you’ve killed them.

“If you’re driving a car and you deed personification … and you tin consciousness a personification is stuck to your car, it whitethorn beryllium a reasonable conclusion to tie that you cognize you’ve killed that person,” Hira said.

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“While it’s unusual, it’s unspeakable to support driving pinch a dormant assemblage stuck to your car having killed them.”

An online obituary for Jason ‘Jay’ Albert Grey described him arsenic nan “innocent unfortunate of a centrifugal conveyance accident.”

“Jason was a profoundly spiritual, delicate and empathetic individual who would beryllium nan first to springiness nan garment disconnected his backmost to anyone that needed help,” nan obituary states.

Grey, who would person turned 46 this year, was a begetter of 2 and an inter-generational residential schoolhouse survivor, who “found spot and treatment successful ceremonial and taste practices”.

Described arsenic a beautiful vocalist and a Sundancer, Grey sang pinch nan ceremonial drum group of Darcy Demas, Oceanside Dakota Demas.

According to his obituary, Grey besides enjoyed moving arsenic a plumber connected caller developments including student lodging astatine UBC, nan BC Children’s Hospital description task and nan summation of nan caller solid building to nan Vancouver Stock Exchange practice building.

Gaganpreet Singh and Jagdeep Singh, who were released from custody connected undertakings aft their arrests, are group to make their first tribunal appearances connected July 29.