A California-based truck driver has been sentenced to four years and eight months in state prison after pleading guilty to causing a fiery chain-reaction crash on Interstate 10 that killed three people and injured four others last year.
Jashanpreet Singh, 21, of Yuba City, California, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in June to three felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in connection with the Oct. 21, 2025, crash on westbound I-10 near the Interstate 15 interchange in Ontario, California, according to the Los Angeles Times.
According to California Highway Patrol investigators, Singh failed to slow for stopped traffic, sending his semi-truck into the rear of another vehicle and triggering an eight-vehicle pileup involving four tractor-trailers and four passenger vehicles.
Dashcam footage reviewed by investigators showed the truck traveling at a high rate of speed before plowing into stopped traffic. One vehicle burst into flames during the collision.
Three people died at the scene, while four others were injured.
Singh was initially arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence following the crash. However, prosecutors later dropped the DUI allegation after toxicology testing found no drugs or alcohol in his system. He ultimately pleaded guilty to the vehicular manslaughter charges.
During sentencing, the judge considered Singh’s eligibility for California’s youth offender provisions, along with his lack of prior criminal history and the finding that the crash was not intentional. Those factors contributed to the four-year, eight-month sentence.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has said Singh entered the U.S. through the southern border in 2022 as an Indian national and was in the country without legal status. Immigration officials lodged a detainer request shortly after the crash seeking to hold him for possible deportation proceedings following his criminal case.
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