(The Center Square) \u2013 Ten failures of a written exam for a commercial driver\u2019s license have been uncovered against the suspect in a triple fatality on the Florida turnpike involving an 18-wheeler.<\/p>\n
Harjinder Singh, says Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, also failed a behind-the-wheel training course at a private CDL school in the state of Washington. The state\u2019s top prosecutor, already with litigation against the states of California and Washington, said that school \u201cwill be hearing from my office soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said Singh, on Aug. 12 driving an 18-wheeler, tried to U-turn on the Florida Turnpike<\/a> through a point in the divided highway marked \u201cofficial use only.\u201d The speed limit at mile marker 171 is 70 mph.<\/p>\n Homeland Security\u2019s link to video<\/a> from Breaking911, shot from inside the truck, shows the graphic collision that followed.<\/p>\n A Chrysler Town & Country minivan slams into the trailer that suddenly blocked its lanes. All three inside the minivan were killed \u2013 a 30-year-old man from Florida City driving, and a 37-year-old woman from Pompano Beach and a 54-year-old man from Miami.<\/p>\n Singh was not injured. He is jailed and facing three counts of vehicular homicide.<\/p>\n Homeland Security<\/a> says Singh does not have a legal right to be in the United States and obtained a commercial driver\u2019s license in California. The Florida Highway Patrol said he crossed the Mexico border into California in 2018.<\/p>\n Uthmeier has asked for revocation of commercial driver\u2019s license program authority and associated federal funding in California and Washington<\/a>. He said the states\u2019 choices on rules set by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are the reason.<\/p>\n