The 21-year-old truck driver arrested after a fiery crash that killed three folks on the ten Freeway in Ontario was not underneath the affect of medicine on the time, authorities say.
Jashanpreet Singh of Yuba Metropolis was arrested on suspicion of DUI and initially confronted a felony cost of gross vehicular manslaughter whereas intoxicated and a felony cost of driving underneath the affect of medicine inflicting harm.
His case drew nationwide headlines after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claimed that Singh was an undocumented immigrant who had entered the nation from the southern border.
Weeks after Singh’s arrest, prosecutors have amended their grievance to mirror that the suspected DUI allegation couldn’t be proved.
“Toxicology studies confirmed not one of the substances examined have been current within the defendant’s blood on the time the check was rendered,” the San Bernardino County district legal professional stated in a current assertion. Within the amended grievance, Singh is charged with three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one depend of reckless driving inflicting a specified harm.
Within the collision, which came about round 1:10 p.m. on Oct. 21, Singh allegedly did not hit his brakes as visitors was slowing, leading to an eight-vehicle pileup, in accordance with a California Freeway Patrol spokesperson.
The huge crash concerned 4 huge rigs and 4 passenger automobiles.
Video from a dashboard digital camera from ABC7 confirmed the semi truck slamming into the automobile in entrance of it and plowing forward via passenger automobiles, then lastly slamming right into a truck. One of many automobiles then went up in flames.
Three folks have been killed and 4 have been injured. Amongst them was a former Pomona excessive assistant basketball coach and his spouse.
Singh was held with out bail at Excessive Desert Detention Heart in Adelanto.
