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   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   https://abcnews.go.com/US/truck-driver-country-illegally-influence-drugs-   
   california-crash/story?id=126804313   
      
   The driver of a semi-truck that slammed into multiple vehicles, killing   
   three people, on a California highway was allegedly under the influence of   
   drugs, authorities said.   
      
   The driver -- identified by authorities as 21-year-old Jashanpreet Singh -   
   - has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and   
   driving under the influence of a drug causing injury in connection with   
   Tuesday's chain-reaction crash on Interstate 10 in Ontario, according to a   
   criminal complaint.   
      
   He is in the United States illegally and an immigration detainer has also   
   been placed on him, according to the Department of Homeland Security.   
      
   Authorities said Singh was driving a Freightliner semi-truck and failed to   
   stop in time when traffic in his lane had slowed or stopped Tuesday   
   afternoon. Three people were killed and at least three others injured in   
   the multi-vehicle crash, according to the complaint.   
      
   Dash camera footage of the crash showed the truck slam into multiple   
   vehicles in a fiery crash, then veer off into the shoulder and ram into   
   additional vehicles before coming to a stop.   
      
   The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office, which filed charges   
   against Singh on Thursday, said eyewitness and dashcam footage showed him   
   "traveling at a high rate of speed into stopped traffic," resulting in a   
   "massive and chaotic scene."   
      
   A 54-year-old man who was driving a Toyota Tacoma and two occupants in a   
   Kia Sorento were killed in the crash, according to the California Highway   
   Patrol.   
      
   A 43-year-old driver of a Dodge Avenger and a 59-year-old individual who   
   was standing outside of a vehicle both suffered major injuries, while a   
   57-year-old passenger in a Chevrolet 2500 had a minor injury, police said.   
      
   Eight vehicles, including four commercial vehicles, were involved in the   
   crash, according to the California Highway Patrol.   
      
   San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson called the incident   
   a "heinous tragedy" that was "easily avoidable if the defendant was not   
   driving in a grossly negligent manner and impaired."   
      
   "Had the rule of law been followed by State and Federal officials the   
   defendant should have never been in California at all," he added in a   
   statement.   
      
   Singh, of Yuba City, was arrested at the scene under suspicion of DUI,   
   officials said.   
      
   "This is sadly a reminder of how precious life is and how fast it could be   
   taken away at the hands of somebody who is driving irresponsibly, somebody   
   who is impaired," California Highway Patrol Officer Rodrigo Jimenez told   
   Los Angeles ABC station KABC.   
      
   The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office said it filed three   
   counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one count of   
   DUI causing injury against Singh, noting additional charges may be filed   
   pending further investigation.   
      
   He is being held without bail and his arraignment has yet to be scheduled.   
   Prosecutors said they will continue to request no bail "based on the   
   seriousness of the offense and his flight risk."   
      
   Immigration and Customs Enforcement has also lodged an arrest detainer for   
   Singh, according to DHS, which said he is in the U.S. illegally from   
   India, entering through the southern border in 2022.   
      
   "This tragedy follows a disturbing pattern of criminal illegal aliens   
   driving commercial vehicles on American roads, directly threatening public   
   safety," DHS said on X.   
      
   The department cited the arrest last week of a man, which it said is in   
   the country illegally, over a deadly crash in Indiana. DHS said the man   
   was driving a semi-truck without a valid commercial license when he   
   swerved into oncoming traffic and collided with a vehicle, killing the   
   driver.   
      
   Singh has a valid commercial driver's license that expires in October   
   2026, KABC reported, according to the California Department of Motor   
   Vehicles.   
      
   White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed in a press briefing   
   Thursday that California issued him the commercial driver's license.   
      
   California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said the federal government approved   
   and renewed Singh's federal employment authorization "multiple times --   
   which allowed him to obtain a commercial driver's license in accordance   
   with federal law."   
      
   "This is tragic, and as with every tragedy over the last ten months,   
   Secretary Noem has ordered Secretary Duffy to look for every opportunity   
   to manipulate the facts to score cheap political points," his office said   
   in a statement.   
      
   The statement from Newsom's office comes after Transportation Secretary   
   Sean Duffy reacted with outrage to the incident.   
      
   "This is exactly why I set new restrictions that prohibit ILLEGAL   
   IMMIGRANTS from operating trucks," he said on X on Thursday.   
      
   Since taking office, Duffy has issued an order announcing new guidelines   
   to strengthen English language enforcement for commercial truck operators,   
   following an executive order from President Donald Trump that reinforced   
   English requirements for truck drivers.   
      
   Last week, Duffy said the Transportation Department will withhold $40   
   million from California after an investigation found it to be the only   
   state failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers.   
      
   "This is exactly why @USDOT has withheld $40 MILLION from California for   
   failure to comply with our rules to protect drivers," Duffy said on X on   
   Wednesday in response to the deadly crash. "We cannot allow our roads to   
   be a dangerous place!"   
      
   The investigation came after a deadly Florida collision in August   
   involving a foreign truck driver who authorities said made an illegal U-   
   turn on a highway and caused a crash that killed three people. The driver   
   was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide.   
      
   Florida authorities have said the driver, who is from India, entered the   
   country illegally from Mexico in 2018.   
      
   When interviewed, the driver did not speak English, according to DOT. He   
   had been issued a non-domiciled commercial driver's license by California   
   in 2024, as well as a regular commercial driver's license by Washington   
   state in 2023, DOT said.   
      
   California officials said he had a valid work permit at the time.   
      
   In September, Duffy announced stricter eligibility requirements for   
   noncitizens seeking non-domiciled commercial learner's permits and   
   commercial driver's licenses.   
      
      
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