Martin Lauzon gets 3 years in prison after truck wheel caused fatal crash

A tractor-trailer driver was sentenced to three years in prison for a December 2011fatal crash caused aftera dual wheel set detached from his vehicleon Highway 401 west of Brockville, Ont.

Martin Lauzon, found guilty of criminal negligence causing death, was also banned from driving for five years, Justice Robert Pelletier ruled in a Brockville courtroom Friday.

Jason Eligh, 24, was killed instantly when the wheel set crossed the concrete barrier from the westbound lanes into the eastbound lanes, crashing into his windshield.

Eligh, a father of two from Mallorytown, Ont., was alone in the car at the time of the crash.

Lauzondid not realize the wheel set had fallen off his truck until he was pulled over by police 100 kilometres away from the crash site, the Crown's office in Brockville told CBC News.

He had not doneregular maintenance of his truck, the Crown's officesaid.