Vigil marks 1 year since fatal gas-and-dash
Posted September 15, 2013 11:49 pm.
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Family and friends gathered to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Jayesh Prajapati, the 44-year-old gas station attendant who was struck and killed at a west-end Shell station when a customer fled the station without paying for nearly $113 in fuel.
Prajapati’s death prompted Eglinton-Lawrence MPP Mike Colle to re-introduce a bill aimed at improving workplace safety for gas station attendants called ‘Jayesh’s Law.’
Colle said that only about half of the gas and dash thefts in the GTA actually get reported. It’s estimated that about 10,000 took place last year, with their occurrences spiking during periods of high gas prices.
Police are still looking for Max Edwin Tutiven, 39, who they believe may have fled to Montreal. He faces second-degree murder in Prajapati’s death.
