BOWDEN — A Calgary man convicted of killing five people when he smashed his cement truck into the back of a car has been denied day parole.
The National Parole Board says Daniel Tschetter (SHETT’-ehr) will, however, be allowed unescorted temporary absences.
The board’s decision came after a hearing at Bowden Institution, 130 kilometres north of Calgary, where Tschetter has been serving time for manslaughter.
Tschetter, who is 54, was speeding and driving erratically when his truck crushed a passenger car stopped at a red light in December 2007.
Three children and two adults inside the car died on impact.
Pieces of the vehicle were scattered for hundreds of metres.