A 21-year-old Indian national who was living in the United States illegally has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for a devastating truck crash in Southern California that killed three people and injured several others.
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Jashanpreet Singh, who entered the United States illegally under the Biden administration, was sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty to three counts of felony vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in connection with the October 2025 crash on Interstate 10 in Ontario, California, The New York Post reported.
He had initially pleaded not guilty but changed his plea last month. Prosecutors said he faced a maximum sentence of 10 years.
Truck slammed into stopped traffic without braking
According to investigators, Singh was driving a red semi-truck when he crashed into slow-moving traffic on the westbound 10 Freeway, causing a chain-reaction collision involving seven other vehicles.
Dashcam footage and witness accounts indicated that the truck never appeared to brake or attempt to avoid the traffic ahead.
