US EditionNearly 2.5 Million Sign Petition Supporting Truck Driver Charged in Fatal Crash
Nearly 2.5 million people have signed a petition urging leniency for Harjinder Singh, who faces up to 45 years for a fatal 2025 crash caused by an illegal U-turn on Florida's Turnpike.
- On August 12, Harjinder Singh, 28, truck driver, made an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike near Fort Pierce, causing a crash that killed three people and leading to his arrest.
- Singh entered the U.S. in 2018 and later obtained a California commercial license despite failing federal English and sign-identification tests, raising licensing oversight concerns.
- A Change.org petition created by Collective Punjabi youth addressed to Governor Ron DeSantis asks the clemency board to reconsider Singh's case, gathering more than 2.6 million signatures within days.
- A Florida judge denied bond, finding Singh an unauthorized alien and flight risk, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio paused work visas for foreign CDL drivers.
- Advocates note a 2021 precedent involving Colorado trucker Rogel Aguilera‑Mederos where over 5 million signatures helped secure a reduced sentence, exposing gaps in American immigration and commercial driving regulators.
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More than 2.6 million sign petition backing illegal alien who killed three in fatal crash · American Wire News
An online petition urging Florida officials to go easy on the illegal alien truck driver accused of killing three people in a vehicular accident has gathered more than 2.6 million signatures as of early Monday morning. The petition, which is addressed to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and signed by the “Collective Punjabi Youth,” was posted to the website Change.org. It calls for the governor and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency to “re-examine…
Harjinder Singh: Nearly 2.5M people sign petition supporting driver accused in deadly Florida crash
A petition urging Florida officials to show leniency toward Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant truck driver accused of causing a crash that killed three people, has garnered nearly 2.5 million signatures as of Sunday afternoon.
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The Independent (US)Over 2.5M sign petition supporting truck driver Harjinder Singh in fatal crash
Supporters urge Florida officials to grant clemency to the 28-year-old truck driver, insisting the crash was a ‘tragic accident’, not a ‘deliberate act’
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