Singh’s actions were deliberate and reckless. He made an illegal U-turn across a busy highway, blocking every lane and leaving the victims in the minivan no chance to survive. On top of that, he should never have been behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler in the first place. Federal law requires commercial drivers to read and understand English, yet Singh could answer only 2 of 12 English questions and correctly identify just 1 of 4 road signs when tested by investigators. Allowing someone so unqualified to operate a semi-truck was not a random tragedy — it was criminal negligence. That’s why prosecutors filed vehicular homicide charges: because three innocent lives were lost not by accident, but by reckless and unlawful choices.
More than two million people have signed a petition calling for leniency for an Indian illegal migrant trucker accused of killing three people in a crash in Florida.
Harjinder Singh, 28, faces three charges of vehicular homicide and up to 45 years in prison after he allegedly pulled an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike on Aug. 12 while driving a tractor trailer — six years after he entered the US illegally.
Since his arrest in California, 2.2 million people have signed a Change.org petition calling for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to commute Singh’s sentence if he gets convicted.
“This was a tragic accident — not a deliberate act. While accountability matters, the severity of the charges against him does not align with the circumstances of the incident,” the petition reads. READ MORE