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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Payne and Freida Frisaro

Truck driver in fatal Florida crash repeatedly failed driving tests, official says. What to know

Deadly Illegal U-Turn What to Know - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A commercial truck driver who is charged with killing three people in a deadly crash in Florida in August had failed a commercial driver's license test 10 times in the span of two months in 2023 in Washington state, before he was ultimately issued a license, according to a senior official in the Florida Attorney General's Office.

Florida is using the case of Harjinder Singh, who is accused of being in the country illegally, to urge the nation's highest court to permanently bar some states from issuing commercial driver's licenses or CDLs to people who are not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.

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