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- Paying tribute to Maan and Serban, the Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada said the officers had “tragically lost their lives” while performing their duties in service of the country.
- A 25-year-old woman from Punjab who had moved to Canada as an international student and recently begun working with the country’s correctional service was among three people killed in a road accident in Alberta.
- Ramandeep Kaur Maan, a native of Gudhe village in Ludhiana district, died after a Correctional Service of Canada vehicle carrying two officers and an inmate collided with a box truck in rural Alberta.
A 25-year-old woman from Punjab who had moved to Canada as an international student and recently begun working with the country’s correctional service was among three people killed in a road accident in Alberta.
Ramandeep Kaur Maan, a native of Gudhe village in Ludhiana district, died after a Correctional Service of Canada vehicle carrying two officers and an inmate collided with a box truck in rural Alberta.
The other victims were correctional officer Nicolae (Nick) Serban and inmate Kiara Mooswa. All three occupants of the correctional vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the box truck suffered minor injuries.
The collision took place at an intersection around 200 km southeast of Edmonton. Authorities are investigating the circumstances that led to the crash, and the exact cause has yet to be established.
Maan had initially travelled to Canada to pursue higher education. She completed her studies in Manitoba before moving to Edmonton, where she had reportedly been living for around a year.
Members of the South Asian community said she had joined the Correctional Service of Canada approximately six months ago and was working at the Edmonton Institution for Women. She was on duty and involved in the transfer of an inmate when the fatal collision occurred.
News of her death has caused grief within the Punjabi community in Canada as well as in her native Ludhiana district, where her family has its roots. Like thousands of young people from Punjab who travel overseas for education and employment, Maan had gone to Canada hoping to establish a career and build a new life.
The Correctional Service of Canada also mourned the deaths of the two officers.
Paying tribute to Maan and Serban, the Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada said the officers had “tragically lost their lives” while performing their duties in service of the country.
The Commissioner remembered them for their professionalism, dedication to their work and commitment to public safety, while extending condolences to their families, friends and colleagues.
For Maan’s family in Punjab, the accident has brought an abrupt and devastating end to a journey that had begun with education abroad and had only recently progressed into a career in Canadian public service.
