A 21-year-old Indian national who federal authorities said was in the U.S.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 felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence stemming from the October 2025 crash, according to NBC Los Angeles.Authorities said Singh was driving a semitruck that plowed into slow-moving traffic on Interstate 10 in San Bernardino County, killing three people and injuring several others.DEADLY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCK CRASH EXPOSED FAILURES ON THE ROAD AND AT THE BORDER: KEY SENATORJashanpreet Singh, an illegal immigrant from India, was arrested in connection with a deadly 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 into the United States by the Biden administration.According to federal sources, Singh was first encountered by Border Patrol agents in California's El Centro Sector in March 2022 and released pending an immigration hearing.The crash, which was captured on dashcam video, showed Singh never applying the brakes before slamming into traffic, according to investigators.OUT OF CONTROL, UNQUALIFIED ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCKERS ENDANGERING KIDS ON US ROADS, INSIDER WARNS: ‘JUST MADNESS’Emergency crews respond after a semitruck crashed into traffic 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 obtained a California commercial driver's license in June 2025, according to the U.S.Department of Transportation.In September, federal officials warned California they had uncovered compliance issues involving commercial driver's licenses and directed the state to make corrections, in...