{"id":19094,"date":"2025-10-23T06:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/19094\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T06:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:29:07","slug":"california-illegal-immigrant-jashanpreet-singh-dui-arrest-in-fatal-semi-truck-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/19094\/","title":{"rendered":"California illegal immigrant Jashanpreet Singh DUI arrest in fatal semi-truck crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 21-year-old\u00a0illegal immigrant\u00a0from India who crossed the southern border in 2022 and was released by the Biden administration is now accused of causing a fiery semi-truck crash that killed three people in Southern California, multiple federal law enforcement sources tell Fox News.<\/p>\n

According to federal sources, the suspect, identified as Jashanpreet Singh, was first encountered by Border Patrol\u00a0agents in California\u2019s El Centro Sector in March 2022, and released into the interior of the country pending an immigration hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Singh has now been arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated after plowing his big rig into slow-moving traffic on the I-10 Freeway in San Bernardino County.<\/p>\n

The crash, caught on dashcam video, left at least three people dead and several injured.<\/p>\n

Police say Singh\u00a0never hit the brakes\u00a0before slamming into the traffic jam, citing toxicology tests that confirmed impairment.<\/p>\n

DHS sources confirm he is not in lawful immigration status, and that ICE has lodged an immigration detainer following his arrest.<\/p>\n

Jashanpreet Singh was arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/p>\n

Singh allegedly plowed his big rig into slow-moving traffic on the I-10 Freeway in San Bernardino County. KTLA 5\/YouTube<\/p>\n

Singh was released under the Biden administration\u2019s 2022 \u201calternatives to detention\u201d policy, one of several instances Fox News has documented where illegal immigrants released pending hearings went on to commit a crime.<\/p>\n

The incident is the latest involving illegal immigrant truck drivers in the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Harjinder Singh,<\/a> who crossed the southern border\u00a0illegally in 2018, obtained a commercial driver\u2019s license in California, and is accused of causing a crash in August in\u00a0Fort Pierce, Florida, that killed three people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Officials investigating the wreck said he failed English and road sign tests.<\/p>\n

Police say Singh\u00a0never hit the brakes\u00a0before slamming into the traffic jam, citing toxicology tests that confirmed impairment. KTLA 5\/YouTube<\/p>\n

The front of a destroyed car sits near the tires of one of the tractor-trailers after the crash. KTLA 5\/YouTube<\/p>\n

A statement released by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Oct. 15 points to a widespread issue among big rig drivers: inability to pass English language requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put states on notice this summer: enforce the Trump Administration\u2019s English language requirements or the checks stop coming,\u201d Duffy said. \u201cCalifornia is the only state in the nation that refuses to ensure big rig drivers can read our road signs and communicate with law enforcement. This is a fundamental safety issue that impacts you and your family on America\u2019s road.\u201d<\/p>\n

California law enforcement officials investigate the crash in Ontario, Calif. KTLA 5\/YouTube<\/p>\n

The crash comes as the Trump administration announced last week that it would be withholding more than $40 million in federal highway safety funding from California for failing to comply with federal English language proficiency standards for truck drivers.<\/p>\n

The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0Peter\u00a0D\u2019Abrosca contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 21-year-old\u00a0illegal immigrant\u00a0from India who crossed the southern border in 2022 and was released by the Biden administration…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,15857,4589,6168,13912,7155,3586],"class_list":{"0":"post-19094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-car-crashes","12":"tag-deaths","13":"tag-illegal-immigrants","14":"tag-joe-biden","15":"tag-truckers","16":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}