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A 21-year-old Indian man who authorities say was in the US illegally was sentenced Tuesday to four years and eight months in prison for causing a fiery Southern California crash that killed three people last year.
Jashanpreet Singh pleaded guilty to three counts of manslaughter with gross negligence stemming from the October 2025 crash, according to NBC Los Angeles.
Authorities said Singh was driving a pickup truck that plowed into slow-moving traffic on Interstate 10 in San Bernardino County, killing three people and injuring several others.
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Jashanpreet Singh, an illegal immigrant from India, was arrested in connection with a fatal crash on the I-10 Freeway in San Bernardino County, Calif., on Oct. 21, 2025. (Bill Melugin/via X,ICE)
Fox News Digital previously reported that Singh is an illegal immigrant from India who crossed the southern border in 2022 and was released to the United States by the Biden administration.
According to federal sources, Singh first met with Border Patrol agents in California's El Centro Sector in March 2022 and was released pending an immigration hearing.
The crash, captured on dashcam video, showed Singh never hit the brakes before hitting traffic, according to investigators.
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Emergency workers respond after a pickup truck crashes into vehicles on Interstate 10 in San Bernardino County, California, on October 21, 2025. (San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office High Tech Crimes Unit via AP)
Singh received his California driver's license in June 2025, according to the US Department of Transportation.
In September, federal officials warned California that it had discovered compliance problems involving commercial driver's licenses and ordered the state to make corrections, including temporarily suspending the issuance of new licenses to non-residents and reviewing existing licenses to ensure they comply with federal requirements.
Anyone who did not meet the criteria was to have their license revoked.
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Jashanpreet Singh was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to causing a fiery Southern California crash that killed three people. (San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office High Tech Crimes Unit via AP; Will Lester/MediaNews Group/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via Getty Images)
Government officials said Singh should have been released under the Transport Department's emergency policy. California officials said Singh's CDL eligibility was based on state-approved employment documents, and transportation officials said he should have been issued under the new emergency rules. However, on October 15, after he turned 21, the restriction on his commercial driver's license was lifted.
Just six days later, authorities said Singh was driving the minivan involved in the crash.
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Toxicology tests later confirmed that Singh was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner, Jasmine Baehr and Michael Ruiz, and Fox News' Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
