Husband of Calgary woman killed in gas-and-dash dies in crash on B.C. highway

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The husband of a woman killed trying to stop a gas-and-dash in Calgary has died in a crash while driving from Vancouver for the two-year anniversary of her death.

AhmadNouraniShallowas travelling to Calgary from his home in Vancouver with his son,Koorosh,andhis second wife when they crashed on the Trans-Canada Highway near Golden, B.C., on Thursday.

They were on their way to Calgary for the two-year anniversary of the death of Shallo'sfirst wife,Maryam Rashidi.

"Everyone is shocked. We're all devastated. We can't believe this," family friendEhsanHosseinitold CBC News.

Rashidi had moved with her husband from Iran only four months before her death, to work as engineers in Calgary's oil and gas industry.

After both were laid off, Rashidi took a job as a gas station attendant at theCentex on 16th AvenueN.W.

She was only on her fourth shifton June 7, 2015, when she was killed tryingto stop a man who attempted to driveaway without paying for $113 in fuel.

Son and new wife survivecrash

Lastweek's crash in B.C. sentShallo'snewwifeto hospital, where she underwent surgery for broken bones. She isexpected to recover.

Shallo'sson,Koorosh, was asleep in the back seat of the car and suffered only minor injuries.

Shallo'sparents have flown to Canada from Iran.

Gas-and-dash culprit convicted

JoshuaMitchell, the manwho killedRashidi, was charged with second-degree murder in her deathand was convicted of manslaughter in early May 2017.

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Rashidiclimbed on the hood of the vehicle, a stolenFordF350,while it was stuck in traffic.

Mitchelltried to jostle her off, but she fell under the vehicle and he drove over her, causing fatal injuries.

He will be sentenced on Aug. 30.

Shallo moved to Vancouver soon after Rashidi was killed.

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