A Spruce Grove, Alta., man has been sentenced to seven years in prison in the 2017 death of a Thorsby gas station owner who was run over and killed as he tried to halt a gas-and-dash. According to an agreed statement of facts, on the day of Jo's death, Sydlowski stole a cube van from a Spruce Grove flooring business. Mitchell Sydlowski pleaded guilty to manslaughter and failing to remain at the scene of a fatal accident in the fatal encounter outside this Fas Gas station. Ka Yung Jo said that she, her mom and her brother had to take over the gas station and had a difficult time running the business. Shortly after Jo's death, the Alberta government introduced legislation requiring drivers to prepay before filling up at gas stations.

Source: CBC News September 18, 2020 15:04 UTC