US EditionDUI Charges Dropped Against Yuba City Big Rig Driver Accused in Deadly Southern California Crash
Jashanpreet Singh faces vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence after an eight-vehicle crash killed three and injured four, with DUI charges dropped due to clean toxicology reports.
- San Bernardino County prosecutors said Tuesday that the felony DUI charge against Jashanpreet Singh, 21, big rig driver, was dropped by the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office.
- On Oct. 21, investigators say Jashanpreet Singh, 21, failed to slow his big rig on Interstate 10 in Ontario, triggering a chain-reaction crash.
- Three people died — Clarence Nelson, Lisa Nelson and Jaime Flores Garcia — and four others were injured in the eight-vehicle crash, officials said.
- The amended complaint charges specify three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one count of reckless driving, and Jashanpreet Singh, 21, pleaded not guilty on October 24.
- The case has unresolved questions about causation and inter-agency documentation as prosecutors have not said whether fatigue, distraction, or other factors caused Singh's failure to stop, while state officials and the Department of Homeland Security dispute his immigration status.
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Indian-Origin Driver Who Killed 3 In US Was Sober During Crash: Officials
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DUI charges dropped against Yuba City big rig driver accused in deadly Southern California crash
A Yuba City big rig driver accused of causing an eight-vehicle crash last month that killed three people and injured four others on a Southern California freeway is no longer facing DUI charges.
Indian-origin truck driver sober at time of crash but faces negligent homicide charges: US
New York: An Indian-origin driver who crashed his semi-truck killing three people in California last month was not driving while intoxicated, contrary to initial reports, but the case remains a grossly negligent homicide, US authorities have said. Jashanpreet Singh, 21, of Yuba City was arrested on October 21 under suspicion of ‘driving under the influence’ (DUI) and was charged with vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence as well as DUI ca…
Semitruck driver kills three in I-10 freeway crash
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Indian-origin truck driver who killed 3 in US was sober during crash
Jashanpreet Singh, 21, of Yuba City was arrested on October 21 under suspicion of 'driving under the influence' (DUI) and was charged with vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence as well as DUI causing injury in the multi-vehicle crash.
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