Illegal Immigrant Truck Driver Arrested After I-10 Crash

On Tuesday on the I-10 Freeway in Ontario, California, a semi-truck driven by 21-year-old Jashanpreet Singh plowed into slow-moving traffic, triggering an eight-vehicle pileup and fiery wreckage that killed three people and injured several others, authorities and dashcam footage say. Singh, an Indian national first encountered by Border Patrol after an illegal crossing in March 2022, has been arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and related charges and is being held without bail at West Valley Detention Center; ICE has lodged a detainer. Investigators allege Singh was impaired and did not brake, but toxicology results are still pending while a multidisciplinary CHP crash team examines evidence, dashcam footage, and wreckage. Officials are also probing whether Singh held a valid commercial driver’s license and whether any DMV or licensing processes were circumvented. The collision has intensified debate over immigration enforcement and trucking safety rules, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has moved to withhold $40 million from California for not complying with federal English-proficiency requirements for commercial drivers.