Indian Truck Driver Behind Multi Vehicle Crash In US Gets 5 Years In Prison
A 22-year-old Indian-origin truck driver has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for a fatal multi-vehicle crash in California. The incident, which occurred in October 2025, resulted in three deaths and four injuries after the driver failed to brake in slowing traffic.
Why it matters
The case highlights issues surrounding road safety, vehicular manslaughter, and the intersection of immigration status with criminal justice in the United States.
A 22-year-old Indian-origin truck driver-- an illegal immigrant in the US--who caused an eight-vehicle collision on an Ontario freeway in the United States has been sentenced to nearly five years in state prison. Three people were killed, and four others were injured in the collision on the San Bernardino County freeway in October of last year after Jashanpreet Singh failed to hit his brakes in slowing traffic. The October 2025 crash was caught on the dashcam of Singh's Freightliner tractor-trailer combination, showing him driving at high speed as he slammed into what appears to be a small, white SUV in the freeway's center lane. Singh's truck continued forward, ramming into several other vehicles, including another truck. It then crossed over two lanes before crashing into an already-disabled truck on the freeway's right shoulder.BREAKING: 3 kiIIed in California by an illegal alien truck driver, Jashanpreet Singh.
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