Court upholds arbitration order to rehire TTC driver who ran over teen

Amaria Diljohn, 14, was killed when she was run over by a TTC bus at Finch Ave. E. and Neilson Rd. on Dec. 20, 2014. Facebook

It was about 5:30 p.m. just a few days before Christmas 2014. Amaria Diljohn-Williams was the only passenger to get off Shergill’s northbound 133 Neilson bus. As she was crossing on the green light, he turned right on to Finch Ave. E., running over the girl and killing her almost instantly.

Known and loved as “Momo,” she was remembered as a popular student at Woburn Collegiate where she sang in the school choir. Her death was tragic, but what made it even more disturbing was that poor girl was left behind to die on the dark, rainy street.

Shergill was originally charged with careless driving causing death and failing to remain at the scene. In 2016, a judge dropped the criminal charges against him at a preliminary hearing, finding no evidence the driver knew he’d hit Amaria.

Following an acquittal under the Highway Traffic Act and then a Crown appeal, Shergill was eventually found guilty of careless driving under the HTA in January 2020.

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