NEAR FORT PIERCE, FL – A semi-truck driver responsible for a fatal crash that happened last Tuesday, August 12, near Fort Pierce has since been identified and arrested.
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles identified the driver as Harjinger Singh, according to new information from WPTV. Florida Highway Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed that Singh has been in the U.S. illegally since 2018. He crossed the border of Mexico illegally and obtained a California Commercial Driver’s License from California. Singh remains in custody and faces state vehicular homicide charges and immigration violations.
The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. on Florida’s Turnpike near mile marker 170. Singh was attempting an illegal U-turn when he crashed into a black 2015 Chrysler Town & Country minivan. The minivan became wedged underneath, and all three minivan occupants were either pinned or entrapped and extricated by St. Lucie County Fire Rescue.
Two of the minivan’s passengers and a passenger died at the scene. The driver was airlifted to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, where he later died.
The minivan driver was identified as a 30-year-old man from Florida City, and the two minivan passengers as a 54-year-old man from Miami and a 37-year-old woman from Pompano Beach.
Singh also had a passenger with him. No injuries were reported for him or his passenger.
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