A truck driver, identified 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.
Singh, who is in the United States illegally, was allegedly under the influence of drugs when he caused a chain-reaction crash on Interstate 10 in Ontario, California, killing three people.
An immigration detainer has been placed on him, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The driver of a semi-truck slammed into multiple vehicles, killing three people, on a California highway.
Author's summary: Truck driver charged in fatal crash.