ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. – A semitruck driver was arrested after making an illegal U-turn, causing a fatal crash on the Florida’s Turnpike in St. Lucie County, according to troopers.
The crash happened on Aug. 12 near mile marker 170 in Fort Pierce.
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According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, a minivan crashed into the semitruck as the driver attempted the illegal U-turn. Three people in the minivan were killed.
According to WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach, the passengers were a 37-year-old woman from Pompano Beach, a 54-year-old man from Miami and the driver was a 30-year-old man from Florida City.
Florida troopers, with the assistance of ICE, determined the driver, Harjinder Singh, entered the U.S. illegally after crossing the Mexico border in 2018. He then obtained a commercial driver’s license in California.
“Three people lost their lives as a result of his recklessness, and countless friends and family members will experience the pain of their loss forever,” FDHSMV Executive Director Dave Kerner said Saturday in a statement. “Harjinder Singh is in custody on state vehicular homicide charges and immigration violations ... At the conclusion of his state charges, he will be deported.”
Singh faces charges of vehicular homicide.
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