A big rig driver from Yuba City has been arrested and accused of causing an eight-vehicle crash that killed three people and injured others on a Southern California freeway this week. The crash happened on Interstate 10 in Ontario on Tuesday when a big rig driver did not slow down, leading to a chain reaction crash involving four big rigs, two pick-up trucks and two cars, according to the California Highway Patrol. Federal officials are speaking out about the case because the driver is believed to be in the country illegally. Jashanpreet Singh, 21, is being held in jail without bail on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security news release.Immigration officials have lodged an arrest detainer. DHS said Singh he first entered the country illegally through the southern border in 2022 and “was RELEASED into the country under the Biden administration.””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,” Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary of DHS, said in a statement. “This accident follows a disturbing trend of illegal aliens driving 18-wheelers and semi-trucks on America’s roads.”See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
A big rig driver from Yuba City has been arrested and accused of causing an eight-vehicle crash that killed three people and injured others on a Southern California freeway this week.
The crash happened on Interstate 10 in Ontario on Tuesday when a big rig driver did not slow down, leading to a chain reaction crash involving four big rigs, two pick-up trucks and two cars, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Federal officials are speaking out about the case because the driver is believed to be in the country illegally.
Jashanpreet Singh, 21, is being held in jail without bail on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security news release.
Immigration officials have lodged an arrest detainer. DHS said Singh he first entered the country illegally through the southern border in 2022 and “was RELEASED into the country under the Biden administration.”
“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,” Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary of DHS, said in a statement. “This accident follows a disturbing trend of illegal aliens driving 18-wheelers and semi-trucks on America’s roads.”
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