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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Wait until they get the toxicology report.
Your son is in the US and away from you and free to do whatever he wants to do
Illegally in the U.S.
Their son is in the USA ILLEGALLY ... and I bet they know bloody well he’s here illegally.
The father is in a village in India — he’s sure in a position to know the killer’s BAC and state of mind. He’s surely in denial. Maybe the son should have stayed there to take over the family business.
This being America, I’m sure law enforcement got a legal BAC or a refusal before bringing the charges.
perhaps whatever he was on is perfectly fine in his home country. Might help to explain the ‘sudden’ semi-truck crashes in the last few weeks.
Ignore them. Just another “din’t do nuffin” claim. Next they’ll say he was an aspiring rapper.
Of course they know he’s here. He’s no doubt been sending back remittances to India.
This is just pouring gasoline on the fire India started by refusing to quit buying Ruskie oll, and I am so sad ..... NOT !
No kidding, a 21 year old male living a shady, illegal life in a wild, wide open society on the other side of the world and making tons of money, dear old mom and dad may not know everything about his life.
THEY ARE IN FOR A TERRIBLE SHOCK
BETTING TOX SHOW IMPAIRMENT
Bet the families of his victims were more shocked. Lock him up until eternity.
The replacement of US STEM workers with H-1b visa slaves from India started 30 YEARS AGO!
Tons of money?
The family is used to easily bribing, threatening or blackmailing their way out of anything in India so they never do anything wrong.
They also know he’s so low on the IQ scale it took 10 times to pass the CDL test. Yes, that’s on us and it should be stopped. How many times did it take the other guy or did they have someone else take it for them?
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