Semi-truck driver charged in fatal California highway crash was allegedly under influence

October 24, 2025

RED FM News Desk

Authorities state that the driver of a semi-truck that slammed into multiple vehicles on a California highway, resulting in three fatalities, was allegedly under the influence of drugs.

The driver, identified by authorities as 21-year-old Jashanpreet Singh, has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence of a drug causing injury, in connection with Tuesday’s chain-reaction crash on Interstate 10.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, Singh is in the United States illegally, and an Immigration Detainer has been placed on him.

Authorities said Singh was driving a Freightliner semi-truck and failed to stop in time when traffic in his lane had slowed or stopped on Tuesday afternoon. The Multi-Vehicle Crash killed three people and injured at least three others, according to the complaint.

Dash Camera Footage of the crash showed the truck slam into multiple vehicles in a fiery collision, then veer onto the shoulder and ram into additional vehicles before finally coming to a stop.