Three years after the violent altercation in South Vancouver that cost the life of 19-year-old Vinay Aujla, a young man has been convicted of manslaughter.

Police found Aujla dead and two other men seriously injured on the night of October 30, 2021, following a rollover involving a Mazda minivan near Fraser Street and 55th Avenue East.

The Vancouver Police Department has never publicly commented on Aujla’s cause of death, other than to confirm that he was not killed in the collision. The other two victims were hospitalized following stab wounds.

“Police believe the three men were in the vehicle when they were involved in a confrontation with people in another car,” the department wrote in a news release Thursday.

Earlier this year, one count of manslaughter and two counts of aggravated assault were approved against a 19-year-old man, whose identity is being protected because he was a young offender at the time of Aujla.

The youth has since pleaded guilty to manslaughter and one count of assault causing bodily harm, a lesser charge than aggravated assault.

He was sentenced on November 1 to a nine-month custody and supervision order under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

By law, sentences are split, with the first two-thirds served in custody and the final third under community supervision.

The young man’s sentence will be followed by 15 months of probation, police said.