A 21-year-old man from India, who was in the United States illegally after crossing the southern border, has been accused of causing a semi-truck crash that resulted in three deaths in Southern California.

Jashanpreet Singh first engaged with Border Patrol agents in California’s El Centro Sector in March 2022 but was later released into the interior of the country pending an immigration hearing. Singh has now been arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated after driving his semi-truck into traffic on the I-10 Freeway in San Bernadine County on October 21.

The incident, which was recorded on a dashcam video, left three people dead and injured several others. According to police, a toxicology test confirmed Singh was impaired during the crash, and never hit the brakes before slamming into the slow-moving traffic jam.

The deadly crash is one of the latest high-profile incidents involving an illegal alien truck driver in the United States.

Harjinder Singh entered the country illegally via the southern border in 2018. He later obtained a commercial driver’s license in California, despite officials claiming he failed English and road sign tests.

As seen in a horrifying viral video online, Harjinder, a 28-year-old illegal alien from India, attempted an illegal U-turn on August 12 while driving a semi-truck on the Florida Turnpike in Fort Pierce. His trailer jackknifed, and a minivan plowed into the commercial semi-truck’s trailer, killing all three passengers inside – according to the Florida Highway Patrol, after Singh made the blatantly illegal turn across a high-speed lane of traffic.

On October 15, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement that the inability to pass English language requirements is a pervasive problem in the industry.

“I put states on notice this summer: enforce the Trump Administration’s English language requirements or the checks stop coming,” Duffy said. “California is the only state in the nation that refuses to ensure big rig drivers can read our road signs and communicate with law enforcement. This is a fundamental safety issue that impacts you and your family on America’s road.”

Last week, The Dallas Express reported that the Trump administration announced it would withhold more than $40 million in federal highway safety funding for California because of the state’s failure to comply with federal English language proficiency standards for truck drivers.