Illegal Immigrant Trucker Who Killed 3 In Crash Gets Less Than 5 Years In Prison

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Illegal Immigrant Trucker Who Killed 3 In Crash Gets Less Than 5 Years In Prison

An illegal immigrant truck driver was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison after causing a car accident that led to three deaths in Ontario, California.

The driver, an Indian national named Jashanpreet Singh, was arrested following an eight-car collision in October 2025 that also resulted in four injuries, NBC Los Angeles reported. (RELATED: ICE Deports Illegal Alien Child Rapist Previously Pardoned By Gov Tim Walz)

The California Highway Patrol said traffic had slowed before the crash but that Singh had maintained his speed, according to NBC.

Dashcam footage showed the incident.

“It didn’t stop. It didn’t swerve. It didn’t make any kind of maneuvers. It just went straight in,” a witness said, according to NBC. “The truck rolled and veered to the right into the embankment, and I saw the truck driver jump out because it was on fire.”

Days after the crash, San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson said toxicology reports confirmed that Singh had not been under the influence of alcohol or drugs, but said the case remained “a grossly negligent homicide.”

“This is a heinous tragedy that took three lives and severely injured others. Frankly, it was easily avoidable if the defendant was not driving in a grossly negligent manner and impaired,” Anderson said. “Had the rule of law been followed by state and federal officials, the defendant should have never been in California at all.”

Singh was charged with three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, Anderson’s office reported.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced in October that it placed a detainer on Singh, allowing the agency to deport the Indian national upon his release.

Singh first entered the U.S. through the southern border in 2022, when he was released into the country under the Biden administration, according to ICE.

“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,” then ICE Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said following the incident. “This accident follows a disturbing trend of illegal aliens driving 18-wheelers and semi-trucks on America’s roads.”