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Semi-truck driver arrested after crash killed 3 on Florida's Turnpike in Fort Pierce
WPTV ^ | 8/17/25

Posted on 08/17/2025 10:43:17 AM PDT by Impala64ssa

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said Harjinger Singh is being charged with Vehicular Homicide

FT. PIERCE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced Saturday the arrest of a semi-truck driver following a deadly crash Florida's Turnpike in St. Lucie County on Aug. 12.

FLHSMV says the driver, Harjinger Singh, was driving "recklessly and without regard for the safety of others on the road."

According to The Florida Highway Patrol's report, Singh attempted to make an illegal u-turn near mile-marker 170, which resulted in a mini-van crashing into the side of the commercial semi-truck.

Two passengers inside the minivan, a 37-year-old woman from Pompano Beach and a 54-year-old man from Miami, died at the scene of the crash. The driver of the Chrysler, a 30-year-old man from Florida City, was flown to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Florida State Troopers were able to obtain an arrest warrant for three counts of vehicular homicide. During the investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) alongside State Troopers discovered Singh had been in the U.S. illegally since 2018.

According to FLHSMV, Singh crossed the Mexico border illegally and had obtained a Commercial Driver's License in the state of California.

FLHSMV Executive Director Dave Kerner said, "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."

Kerner added, "Harjinger Singh is in custody on state vehicular homicide charges and immigration violations. He will no longer be able damage and destroy the lives of Floridians and visitors."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; US: California; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: illegalimmigrant; india; stluciecounty; truckers
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To: caseinpoint

But when a jurisdiction knows they have an illegal in their custody but refuses to inform the federal government and/or helps them to evade the federal government by releasing them without notice, they’re harboring an illegal alien in my book. That may be a little harder to prove in a court of law than if there was a more explicit statute, but not that much harder, IMO, if there was the will to do so.


41 posted on 08/17/2025 3:17:19 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: TexasGator
What company was he driving for?

Some Indian-run carrier company operating out of a residential home. See post #5.

42 posted on 08/17/2025 3:47:08 PM PDT by Drew68 (I haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since yesterday. Save some tears for tomorrow.)
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To: Drew68

Related, since I haven’t been able to verify the violations info on the company contained in the tweet, with a FWIW...

https://x.com/TMSuccessful/status/1957108197921321447


43 posted on 08/17/2025 3:55:23 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Drew68

Per #5. That was “another” company.


44 posted on 08/17/2025 4:18:15 PM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: TexasGator
Per #5. That was “another” company.

That whole house is probably running various ghost businesses and other assorted scams.

When one gets into trouble, it vanishes into the ether and reopens under a different name.

And because they're illegals in California, they keep getting away with operating under zero state oversight.

45 posted on 08/17/2025 6:12:55 PM PDT by Drew68 (I haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since yesterday. Save some tears for tomorrow.)
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To: IYAS9YAS
Must not have been outlaw bikers he hit. The ones he didn’t hit would have killed him dead right there.

This young couple and an older gentleman riding with them.

They deserve to be remembered. The crash killed Owen Hart, 22; Athena Taylor, 21; and Jeremy Gebo, 44; all of St. George, Utah.


46 posted on 08/17/2025 6:18:11 PM PDT by Drew68 (I haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since yesterday. Save some tears for tomorrow.)
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To: Drew68

4 to 10 years? For deliberately driving dangerously and killing three people? Anarcho-fascism.


47 posted on 08/17/2025 9:19:04 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: PGR88

Trust me, it’s not an illusion. It all started 15 years ago. Indians started a few legitimate trucking companies and simultaneously began importing, cousins brothers, acquaintances, and friends of friends to drive the trucks. Obviously, they were able to succeed wildly, because they paid starvation, wages, and skirted more than a handful of regulations. This led to a tsunami. In the last five years nearly all white truck drivers running long distance, trips have disappeared completely. Go to any truckstop along a major interstate corridor and you will see that 90% of the truck drivers are Indian, Eastern European or Mexican. They even have their own truckstops now. They cater to Indian only trucking companies. This was all possible because you cannot compete with illegitimate companies in a highly regulated environment. It’s been sickening to watch, knowing that it only happens because various state governments have not only allowed it, they have embraced the corruption entirely. You cannot compete with companies that literally pay drivers meal money only.


48 posted on 08/18/2025 6:41:28 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would fhave to resort to prostitution.)
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To: GreenLanternCorps
In my work I have dealt with owner-operators run out of a home with the driver’s wife working as office manager/dispatcher
Yes. When we first got married I'd drive all over the NYC area making deliveries and pick ups in my battered but reliable Dodge van while my lovely wife did the bookkeeping
49 posted on 08/18/2025 10:05:57 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Laiken Riley is my daughter!)
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To: Impala64ssa

During FMCSA’s interview with the driver, investigators administered an English Language Proficiency (ELP) assessment in accordance with FMCSA guidance. The driver failed the assessment, providing correct responses to just 2 of 12 verbal questions and only accurately identifying 1 of 4 highway traffic signs.

“If states had followed the rules, this driver would never have been behind the wheel and three precious lives would still be with us. This crash was a preventable tragedy directly caused by reckless decisions and compounded by despicable failures. Non-enforcement and radical immigration policies have turned the trucking industry into a lawless frontier, resulting in unqualified foreign drivers improperly acquiring licenses to operate 40-ton vehicles,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy. “We will use every tool at our disposal to hold these states and bad actors accountable. President Trump and I will restore safety to our roads. The families of the deceased deserve justice.”

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/19/illegal-trucker-fatal-u-turn-failed-english-language-test/


50 posted on 08/20/2025 5:06:22 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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