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An Edmonton judge pointed to the “selfish decisions” of a man who sold his car to an auto wrecker and fled the country after a fatal collision with a pedestrian when she sentenced him to one year in jail on Monday.

Provincial court Judge Janet Dixon handed Sahil Arora a 12-month sentence for fleeing the scene after fatally striking Paramjeet Sidhu, 46, a married father of two who was crossing the street at a marked crosswalk.

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Reading a victim impact statement in court Monday, Sidhu’s wife Gurpreet Sidhu spoke about the effect the death has had on herself and her children, who were only 12 and five years old at the time of the crash.

She said she doesn’t know how to answer her youngest son’s questions about why people die, and said that both she and the children feel scared and insecure.

“There has not been a single moment we do not miss him,” she said.

In provincial court in October 2016, Arora entered a guilty plea to failing to remain at the scene of an accident where death was involved. According to an agreed statement of facts, Arora was delivering pizzas in the Riverbend area about 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 5, 2014, while in Canada on a work permit and student visa.