Overview
- The driver, 21-year-old Jashanpreet Singh, was sentenced Tuesday, July 14, 2026, to four years and eight months after pleading guilty in June to three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
- Prosecutors and CHP investigators say dashcam and eyewitness video show Singh’s semi-truck plowed into slowed traffic on westbound I-10 in Ontario in October 2025, causing an eight-vehicle crash that killed three people and injured four.
- Singh was arrested at the scene on an initial DUI suspicion but toxicology tests later showed no drugs or alcohol, and prosecutors focused on allegations he failed to stop before the collision.
- Federal agencies placed an ICE detainer on Singh and DHS says he entered the U.S. through the southern border in 2022, while California officials say his employment authorization and REAL ID justified his commercial-license eligibility.
- The sentence, which is below the up-to-10-year statutory maximum, has drawn widespread public and political criticism and is likely to fuel federal‑state disputes over CDL rules and possible deportation after imprisonment.