{"id":2475892,"date":"2025-08-18T13:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-faces-homicide-charges-after-fatal-highway-crash\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:25:13","slug":"illegal-immigrant-faces-homicide-charges-after-fatal-highway-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-faces-homicide-charges-after-fatal-highway-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal immigrant faces homicide charges after fatal highway crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillegal-immigrant-faces-homicide-charges-after-fatal-highway-crash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2475892&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant who entered the United States by crossing the Mexico border in 2018, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-operation-leads-to-arrest-of-171-migrants-with-homicide-sexual-assault-charges\/\" title=\"171 migrants with homicide and sexual assault charges were arrested in an ICE operation\">facing homicide charges<\/a> following a fatal 18-wheeler truck crash in St. Lucie County, Florida, on August 12, 2025. The crash, which resulted in the deaths of three people in a minivan, occurred when Singh attempted a U-turn at an unauthorized location on the Florida Turnpike.Despite being an undocumented immigrant, Singh had obtained a Commercial Driver&#8217;s License in California, a state known as a sanctuary state that allows undocumented immigrants to get driver&#8217;s licenses. Florida authorities, with assistance from ICE, have charged Singh with vehicular homicide, and an ICE detainer has been issued. The White House criticized California&#8217;s policies on illegal immigrants&#8217; ability to obtain commercial driver licenses, calling the tragedy preventable and blaming state policies for prioritizing undocumented immigrants over citizens. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Illegal immigrant faces homicide charges after fatal highway crash<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2203005\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The driver of an 18-wheeler truck, who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\">police<\/a>&nbsp;said caused a fatal crash in St. Lucie County,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a>, last week, has been identified as an illegal immigrant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trucking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">truck driver<\/a>, Harjinder Singh, was named by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as the truck operator in the Aug. 12 collision that killed three people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3757965\/trump-fake-dc-crime-numbers-police-national-guard\/\">Trump says DC is &#8216;getting better&#8217; while decrying &#8216;fake&#8217; crime numbers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3757652\/chris-murphy-dc-national-guard-deployment-stunt-by-trump\/\">Chris Murphy calls DC National Guard deployment a &#8216;stunt&#8217; by Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3757645\/california-park-closed-due-to-discovery-of-explosive-devices\/\">California park closed due to discovery of explosive devices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;During the course of this criminal investigation and with the assistance of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), State Troopers determined that Harjinder Singh entered the United States illegally, having crossed the Mexico border in 2018,&rdquo; the agency said in a press release over the weekend. &ldquo;The Defendant then obtained a Commercial Driver&rsquo;s License in the state of California.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Illegal immigrant Harjinder Singh has been identified as the truck driver responsible for the deaths of three in a minivan in St. Lucie County, Florida, on Aug. 12, 2025. (Obtained from St. Lucie County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Photos obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> from the St. Lucie County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office show the scene where a minivan crashed into the semi-truck after the commercial vehicle apparently tried to make a U-turn through the median despite a road sign that stated U-turns were illegal at this particular spot. The crash occurred on the Florida Turnpike in Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Based upon our initial, but on-going criminal investigation, it is evident that the driver of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >commercial semi-truck recklessly<\/a>, and without regard for the safety of others, attempted to execute a U-Turn utilizing an unauthorized location,&rdquo; the FLHSMV stated. &ldquo;As a result of his actions, the three occupants of the mini-van are now deceased.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The White House&rsquo;s Rapid Response account shared a video on X Sunday that showed what appeared to be in-cab video footage of the moment that Singh allegedly made the turn across a two-lane road and the van sped into the sign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This individual is an illegal immigrant who was granted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tx-official-give-ballots-to-people-who-show-noncitizen-ids\/\" title=\"TX Official: Give Ballots To ... Who Show Noncitizen IDs\">commercial driver&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s license by the State of California &mdash; and now, three innocent people are dead.<\/p>\n<p>He has been arrested for vehicular homicide and an ICE detainer has been issued. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6NkliBDdSl\">https:\/\/t.co\/6NkliBDdSl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1957107777043652719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>FLHSMV Executive Director Dave Kerner said Singh is in custody on state vehicular homicide charges and immigration violations. <\/p>\n<p>State troopers deputized to carry out some immigration duties have submitted an ICE detainer for Singh to be turned over at the conclusion of state charges, Kerner added.<\/p>\n<p>A White House spokeswoman lambasted California&rsquo;s policies as having caused what was a &ldquo;preventable&rdquo;  tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a devastating tragedy made even worse by the fact that it was totally preventable. Illegal aliens that have no legal right to be in our country certainly should not be granted commercial driver&rsquo;s licenses,&rdquo; White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson wrote in an email to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Monday. &ldquo;Gavin Newscum&rsquo;s pro-illegal alien policies have deadly consequences. Yet he continues to double down and put illegals over American citizens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The driver in a fatal crash that resulted in the deaths of three people in St. Lucie County, Florida, has been identified as an illegal immigrant. (St. Lucie County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/3501435\/democrats-attack-kristi-noem-coast-guard-building-living-after-doxxed\/\">DEMOCRATS ATTACK KRISTI NOEM FOR LIVING RENT-FREE IN A COAST GUARD BUILDING AFTER HER HOME WAS DOXED<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>California is a &ldquo;sanctuary&rdquo; state, which means that elected state lawmakers have chosen not to allow local or state police to turn over illegal immigrants in police custody to federal immigration authorities at ICE.<\/p>\n<p>The state passed a law in 2013 that allowed illegal immigrants to apply for and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-selects-minn-gov-tim-walz-as-2024-running-mate\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Selects Minn. Gov. Tim Walz As 2024 Running Mate\">obtain driver&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s licenses.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illegal immigrant truck driver charged in fatal crash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2475893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/florida-st-lucie-sheriff-crash-2.jpeg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[61471,61470,33009],"class_list":["post-2475892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-highway-crash","tag-homicide-charges","tag-illegal-immigration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/florida-st-lucie-sheriff-crash-2.jpeg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2475892"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2475896,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475892\/revisions\/2475896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2475893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2475892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2475892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2475892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}