Posted on 10/24/2025 9:43:42 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
The family of a 21-year-old Indian-origin truck driver, who has been accused of causing a semi-truck crash that left three people dead in the US, on Friday rubbished claims that he was intoxicated while driving, saying he was an ‘Amritdhari Sikh’ (baptised Sikh).
Jashanpreet Singh allegedly rammed his truck into slow-moving traffic in Southern California on Tuesday, Fox News reported on Wednesday.
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Back home in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, Singh’s family is in shock after they learned about the incident. The family hails from Purana Shala village in Gurdaspur.
Singh’s father Ravinder Singh on Friday trashed the allegations that his son was under the influence of drugs at the time of the accident as baseless and asserted that he never consumed drugs or any intoxicant.
“My son was not into drugs. My son is an ‘Amritdhari Sikh’. The allegations of drugs against him are completely wrong,” said Ravinder, a school bus driver, while speaking to media in Gurdaspur.
Ravinder called the accident “very unfortunate and tragic” and said they expressed condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. It was not done intentionally, he said while referring to the accident.
He urged the Centre to intervene in the matter and also requested the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to support his son so that no injustice is done to him.
As the news of Jashanpreet’s arrest came out, villagers started gathering at his residence here to express solidarity with the family.
This is the second such incident since August in which an Indian-origin trucker has been accused of causing a deadly crash in the US.
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Don’t you figure that since he started driving he is in hog heaven for pocket money as a 21 year old illegal from India?
He is 21, his new truck driving wages aren’t for yachts and houses, it means nightclubs, strip joints and girls.
Even military basic training towns feed on the teen guys with their first real money, which isn’t great, but to some of them it is real and dependable disposable income in their pockets.
I remember my first boss telling me that I better enjoy programming now since it will all be done in India within 10 years.
Now I hear the same thing except its AI instead of offshoring.
MBA types really hate skilled, competent people, especially in STEM fields.
Have you seen the video being intoxicated would be the most generous explanation of what he did
Guess they missed the video.....
He came illegally through South/ Central America. His parents have to know that at the least , since they presumably helped with the financing.
The MD's and nurses can speak English, the result of their being of an educated class.
The Indian housekeepers struggle with it and I don't make any attempt to dechiper them.
They know how to read a C note, they can learn the rest.
He could have just as likely been on the road for 27 hours straight.
Failed his CDL ten times.
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“””””He came illegally through South/ Central America. His parents have to know that at the least , since they presumably helped with the financing.”””””
That is a description of shady, dishonest people who live outside even international laws, straight arrows would not even think of furtively moving around the world like that, and with long term plans and strategies to skirt laws and borders and government documents.
Triumph of the human spirit.
But I hope I'm never on the same road she is.
In North Texas, steer clear of cars from “All Asian Driving Schools.” You’ll be glad you did.
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