{"id":22530,"date":"2025-10-25T03:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T03:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/22530\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T03:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T03:56:10","slug":"dot-report-blames-newsom-for-illegal-immigrant-truckers-deadly-calif-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/22530\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT report blames Newsom for illegal immigrant trucker’s deadly Calif. crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Gov. Gavin Newsom violated federal law by upgrading the driver\u2019s license of the illegal migrant trucker accused of causing a horrific, drug-fueled pile-up<\/a> that killed three people and wounded several others, a bombshell new report claims.<\/p>\n

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed Newsom for Tuesday\u2019s deadly crash, alleging state officials unlawfully upgraded Jashanpreet Singh\u2019s commercial license weeks after a new federal rule went into effect barring illegal immigrants from holding such privileges, according to a DOT report released Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n

The restrictions, which require states to verify an applicant\u2019s legal status, took effect on Sept. 26 \u2014 while the 21-year-old Indian national\u2019s driving rights were expanded on Oct. 15, the report states.<\/p>\n

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom for the deadly crash in California. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cMy prayers are with the families of the victims of this tragedy,\u201d Duffy said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would have never happened if Gavin Newsom had followed our new rules. California broke the law and now three people are dead and two are hospitalized. These people deserve justice. There will be consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Singh was initially issued a restricted CDL in the Golden State on June 27, confining him to intrastate travel, according to the DOT\u2019s report. <\/p>\n

Duffy accused Newsom of violating a new federal law barring illegal immigrants from having commercial driver\u2019s licenses. Getty Images<\/p>\n

When the new regulations took effect, the federal agency informed California officials of \u201csignificant compliance failures\u201d related to the issuance of truckers\u2019 licenses and gave them 30 days to audit its practices and void or rescind all unexpired CDLs, the report states.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The state\u2019s Department of Motor Vehicles lifted Singh\u2019s driving restrictions on Oct. 15 \u2014 his birthday \u2014 without enforcing the stricter standards mandated by the DOT\u2019s new emergency rule, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cGavin Newsom was explicitly warned California\u2019s CDL program was dangerously broken,\u201d the report charged.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Indian national Jashanpreet Singh, 21, is accused of causing Tuesday\u2019s deadly crash. Bill Melugin, \/X<\/p>\n

\u201cThe USDOT\u2019s emergency rule was issued to explicitly prevent drivers like Singh from getting behind the wheel of commercial motor vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newsom\u2019s office did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Singh was allegedly under the influence of drugs<\/a> when he plowed his semi-truck into slow-moving traffic on the 10 Freeway in San Bernardino County Tuesday afternoon, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The horrific crash left three people dead and injured several others. AP<\/p>\n

The wreck, which was caught on dashcam, killed three people and left at least four others injured.<\/p>\n

Harrowing footage showed the moment Singh allegedly slammed his red big rig into the back of an SUV \u2014 before crashing into several other vehicles and erupting into flames.<\/p>\n

Singh is believed to have entered the US in 2022 via the southern border before he was released into the country by the Biden administration<\/a>, Department of Homeland officials said.<\/p>\n

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has since lodged an arrest detainer \u2014 a former request for local cops to notify the feds before he is freed.<\/p>\n

He was charged with vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California Gov. Gavin Newsom violated federal law by upgrading the driver\u2019s license of the illegal migrant trucker accused…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,15857,4589,8151,457,6168,7121,3586],"class_list":["post-22530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-car-crashes","tag-deaths","tag-department-of-transportation","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-illegal-immigrants","tag-sean-duffy","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22530","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=22530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}