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Bathinda: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested an Indian-origin semi-truck driver with roots in Punjab after he allegedly jumped a red light and caused a three-vehicle pile-up that killed a 64-year-old man at Hendricks County in Indiana on Feb 18. Sukhdeep Singh (25) is the fourth Indian-origin person and third Sikh immigrant to…
A 28-year-old Indian-origin truck driver accused of causing a deadly crash in Florida failed his commercial driver’s licence (CDL) test ten times before obtaining it, US officials have revealed. The case of Harjinder Singh, who has been living illegally in the United States since 2018, has reignited a national debate over the issuing of CDLs…
How an Indian-origin man turned ‘killer trucker’ in US He came to the United States in search of a better life. But 21-year-old Jashanpreet Singh’s pursuit of the American dream ended this week after the Indian-origin truck driver, while intoxicated, caused a fiery crash in Southern California that killed at least three people. His best…
Jashanpreet Singh; crash site The TOI correspondent from Washington: The American dream for thousands of Sikh immigrants from India is hanging in the balance following a second high-profile, fatal trucking accident involving a driver with a controversial immigration history, triggering a wave of scrutiny and fear across the Punjabi trucking community. The latest horrific incident…
