Drew Dixon
A man at the wheel of a semi-tractor-trailer truck involved in an accident that killed three people on the Florida Turnpike turns out to be a migrant who entered the U.S. illegally.
The wreck happened Aug. 12 in a portion of the turnpike in St. Lucie County. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) officials say the truck was attempting to make a U-turn in an unauthorized area of the turnpike. When the semi-truck entered the U-turn, it collided with a minivan carrying several passengers. Three people inside the van were killed in the accident.
The driver of the truck, Harjinder Singh, survived and was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide. FHP and Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FHSMV) officials said Singh entered the U.S. illegally in 2018 through Mexico.
Treasure Coast Newspapers reports the deadly wreck happened about 3 p.m. Aug. 12 on the turnpike in the northern area of St. Lucie County near mile marker 171. Singh was driving a 2024 International tractor-trailer rig. Singh traveled over the northbound travel lanes and collided with the 2015 Chrysler Town & Country minivan that was also heading north, and the van was wedged under the trailer of the rig.
“The actions taken by the defendant while operating a commercial tractor-trailer are both shocking and criminal”, said FHSMV Executive Director Dave Kerner. “Three people lost their lives as a result of his recklessness, and countless friends and family members will experience the pain of their loss forever.
“Harjinder Singh is in custody on state vehicular homicide charges and immigration violations. He will no longer be able to damage and destroy the lives of Floridians and visitors. At the conclusion of his state charges, he will be deported. The Florida Highway Patrol remains committed to enforcing both state and federal law to ensure that people that are a danger to others face justice behind bars.”
Officials said they believe Singh was able to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License in California. FHP troopers also filed a detainer against Singh through an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program.
ICE officials assisted Florida law enforcement in determining how and when Singh entered the U.S. illegally.
7 comments
ScienceBLVR
August 17, 2025 at 4:46 pm
FHSMV) officials said Singh entered the U.S. illegally in 2018 through Mexico. 2018? Gosh! Remind me who was president then?
Bet that fact will be buried in the FOX news report..
Steve M
August 18, 2025 at 5:08 am
What does this have to do with anything?? You blame the president who was trying to secure the border and not those who fought him every step of the way? Talk about delusional!
Jason Anaya
August 17, 2025 at 9:47 pm
Time to sue states that give CDLs to illegals.
Jason Anaya
August 17, 2025 at 9:47 pm
Time to sue states that give CDLs to illegals.
Chris Aldridge
August 18, 2025 at 12:31 am
Pathetic lazy and totally negligent cdl operator who couldn’t just get off at the next exit had to take an unauthorized road and make a u-turn makes me sick. I drive professionally for the largest privately owned companies and I see idiots on the road multiple times a day. There are cdl drivrs I see holding and talking on cell phones and or eating and smoking and swerving all over the place while exceeding well over my governed 66 mph limit. I am saddened at the way these people left this earth. DOT enforcement and state officials for each state need to put the hammer down on offenders and take these cereal box cdl holders licenses immediately after any first offense that shows propensity for recklessness.
Chris Aldridge
August 18, 2025 at 12:46 am
I have more to say…suing the state doesn’t bring these people back. Yes California should be accountable for issuing a license to someone who is undocumented. More specific the clerk or minimum waged employee at the driver’s license office. But maybe the company that gave him the truck to drive. Shouldn’t they have realized his background or lack of citizenship? Alot of people can and should be held accountable. But at the end of the day, look at the video and notice the passenger wasn’t even wearing his seat belt. Just munching on chips. The driver so nonchalantly looking to his left as a speeding car slams into his trailer, missing the reefer gas tank by inches mind you. This idiot pulls a maneuver that even the worst cdl holders would never do on a highway and he should get life in the states, not India and think about what a reckless act he choose to do. He is lucky there weren’t many others fling behind that car. And lastly, people stopping using the last administration rhetoric that this could have been prevented. Because I promise you this idiotic maneuver this guy did will happen again. And he probably be born in your home state legally.
DSM
August 18, 2025 at 5:47 am
Illegal who shouldn’t be in the US killed 3 people.
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