Posted on 08/26/2025 10:58:34 AM PDT by xxqqzz
– Harjinder Singh, in St. Lucie County Jail and facing three charges each of vehicular homicide and manslaughter, is due back in a Florida courtroom Wednesday.
On Aug. 12, he tried with an 18-wheeler to make a U-turn on the Florida Turnpike through a point in the divided highway marked “official use only,” leading to the deaths of three people in a minivan. Singh had correct responses to two of 12 verbal questions on an English language proficiency assessment and correctly identified only one of four highway traffic signs during an interview with the Federal Motor Carrier Administration.
At 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, a worldwide petition on his behalf entitled “plea for fair sentencing” was just shy of 3 million digital signatures.
Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, in a network broadcast interview, said there is no likelihood of leniency.
“It’s beyond infuriating,” Collins said. “He illegally entered in 2018. He put people’s lives at risk, doesn’t understand the language, doesn’t understand the signs, and we think because of his ethnicity he’s not supposed to have accountability? That’s not how this works. It’s ridiculous.
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Singh is from India and sought asylum in America.
Singh, seen on video from inside his truck making a U-turn in a 70 mph zone of the Florida Turnpike, had correct responses to two of 12 verbal questions on an English language proficiency assessment and correctly identified only one of four highway traffic signs during an interview with the Motor Carrier Administration.
An arrest report identifies those killed as Herby Dufresne, Faniola Joseph and Rodrique Dor.
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How did he flee to California? Why wasn't he arrested at the scene of the accident / crime?
The 3 million digital signatures on a petition for leniency were worldwide, and probably mostly from India. Can I sign a petition to string him up. It seems like murder, blocking all lanes of an interstate. What do you expect would happen?
He is here illegally, but seeking asylum, saying he is afraid to return to India.
He isn’t the one guilty for the killings. Florida needs to indict the California officials who enabled him to get the license - starting with the State Legislature and including the officials that actually certified him for the CDL.
“The 3 million digital signatures on a petition for leniency were worldwide, and probably mostly from India.”
AND?
It doesn’t matter if a BILLION people sign anything.
Tired of constantly seeing this referenced.
Singh is from India and sought asylum in America for doing the same thing in India ?
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No One Ever Noticed
At one time there was over a hundred good paying, great benefits union truck driving cy. Now days there might be 5 of those companies left.
I think it was the Transportation Secretary giving the press conference a couple days ago. He said “We’ve taken over 1500 trucks off the road so far”. Some fella from the other side immediately jumped in front of a news camera and started yelling. OMG, people are going to starve. How’s all the freight going to get moved. This is an attack on democracy ! ( Bulllllllshit )
December 21st several years back Arrow Truck Lines went out of business. The drivers were given No Notice or warning whatsoever. They were routed to the nearest terminal and upon arrival they were handed their final paycheck and told good luck. 4 days before Christmas 3600 drivers kicked to curb.
No One Ever Noticed
2 years ago this week Yellow Freight went out of business. The country’s oldest and largest LTL Trucking Company. Over 10,000 trucks and drivers. 22,000 employees. Many of those drivers have never found another decent job. Yellow Freight shutting down literally ruined families .
No One Ever Noticed
The blowhard windbags try to claim that “migrants” make up 20 to 30 percent of truck driving. Side note: Why is it always 20 to 30 percent ? Whatever industry they want to talk about it’s always 20 to 30 percent. There is supposedly this great shortage of truck drivers but if you’re an out of work truck driver then you’re pretty much just SOL when it comes to finding a job. Unless you want to work for the people who hire the “migrants”. Or one of the no pay no benefits companies that hire the rookies. I’ve lived in this industry for 38 years. I know what the facts are. I’ve lived on the road for 38 years. I know what the truth is…
Texas alone has over 3 million truck drivers…. If you pack up and send back home every truck driver that is here illegally, can’t read, write or speak English. Or simply should not qualify for a CDL.
No One Will Ever Notice
If getting all of these “drivers” off the highway puts a few companies out of business. I can promise you. They need to be out of business. And you want to know one more thing.
No One Will Ever Notice
The Road Dawg
He’s only killing the people that Americans are too lazy to run over .
English proficiency is a 100% necessity for ALL drivers.
Not ALL signs are pictures.
Plenty of times there are those illuminated signs, in Eglish words giving information. Esp for temporary situations.
The comments on the petition are unbelievable. I’ve seen zero mention of the victims. And the petition is put together by “Punjabi collective youth.” So yes, I would think mostly India. How did he even get a license? That needs to be investigated. Should not the trucking company also be held accountable? It should have never happened.
What about the company he worked for?
Guess the mini van interfered with his u turn?
I watched the video. He looks like he crossed lanes to make that turn. Horrible.
Wikipedia is STILL censoring Harjinder Singh’s truck crash.
Fatal illegal u-turn.
Left that middle word out, didn’t they...
I have seen phone app delivery drivers who can’t speak a word of English and are illiterate. Of course in the Peoples Republic of Minnesota they are given a driver’s license no questions asked.
“Wikipedia is STILL censoring Harjinder Singh’s truck crash.”
My take is he was in the right lane of a 2 lane hwy.
Then he cut hard left to make the U turn. on a 65/70MPH road.
In-Friggin-Sane!
Might be a good idea to keep an eye on the judges back door in his/her chambers?.
Yes he is. The California idiots are complicit, but they are not the people who dragged a full-sized trailer across all lanes of the Florida Turnpike.
Illegals are just given licenses in amnesty states. They have more rights than we do.
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