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The family had already been grieving the death of Lalit’s father, who passed in August after a battle with cancer, and were dealing with a heart attack his mother suffered late last month.

“We went to India twice in the last two years because his father was suffering with cancer and was in the last stage,” said Suvidha Sethi, Lalit’s wife.

“In August, he passed away. We got his mother over here on a tourist visa because she was all alone. (In) November, she got a heart attack and was released from the hospital after one week.

“She got a stent done and as she was recovering, (Lalit’s death) happened.”

Suvidha called her late husband a motivated man, having brought the family to Canada from India nearly five years ago.

“In January 2014, we came over here and got our permanent residency,” Suvidha said.

“He was a very, very lively person. We were having so many plans in his mind all the time. ‘We’ll plan this, we’ll but this house, we’ll do that.’ He kept motivating other people to come, stay in Canada. He was a fighter for everybody.

“I hope I can get the support so I can raise my kids — I don’t know how I will manage.”

Bison Transport chief operating officer Trevor Fridfinnson confirmed Sethi’s death at their Rocky View County location.

Fridfinnson said the firm has been co-operative with an occupational health and safety investigation and that they have offered support to the family and others following the incident.

An Alberta Labour spokesperson said the investigation falls under federal jurisdiction.

The GoFundMe campaign, titled “Help – Lalit Sethi’s Family,” can be found by searching at www.gofundme.com.

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