The truck driver involved in Tuesday’s accident was cited for driving under the influence of drugs.
Federal immigration authorities have filed an arrest order for an Indian national who is alleged to have killed three people in California while driving a semi-truck under the influence of drugs, authorities announced Thursday.
Released the day after the accident, Dashcam video shows a commercial truck crashing into the back of a passenger car and several other vehicles on the 10 freeway in Southern California on Oct. 21.
Three people died instantly in the accident, and several others were injured, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a statement.
ICE lodged an arrest detainer on Oct. 22 for Jashanpreet Singh, 21, who they said is “a criminal illegal alien from India.”
The driver was arrested by the California Highway Patrol at the site of the crash, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department inmate log.
Singh remained in custody on Oct. 23 on charges of driving while intoxicated and causing bodily injury, and vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, according to sheriff’s department records. The immigration detention order directs law enforcement to turn Singh over to federal authorities before he is released.
The dashcam footage released to ABC7 shows Singh’s truck smashing first into the back of a passenger car before also crashing into the back of several other vehicles and another semi-truck, then veering off to the shoulder where it struck another big rig and maintenance vehicle.
Singh, a resident of Yuba City, California, allegedly entered the United States in 2022 through the southern border and was released into the country under the Biden administration, according to federal authorities.
“It is a terrible tragedy three innocent people lost their lives due to the reckless open border policies that allowed an illegal alien to be released into the U.S. and drive an 18-wheeler on America’s highways,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in the statement.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles did not immediately respond to a request asking whether Singh had a California driver’s license or commercial license.
