Jashanpreet Singh, who was 21 at the time of the October 2025 crash, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty last month ahead of his sentencing
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- A truck driver has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for his role in a crash that killed three people and injured four others, including himself
- Jashanpreet Singh, who was 21 at the time of the October 2025 crash, originally pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter but changed his plea last month ahead of his sentencing
- Singh was driving a semi-truck along the 10 Freeway in Ontario, Calif., just east of Los Angeles, when he failed to brake as traffic slowed and crashed into seven other vehicles
A truck driver who pleaded guilty to causing a fatal eight-vehicle collision on a California freeway last year has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison.
Jashanpreet Singh, who was 21 at the time of the incident, failed to brake as traffic slowed while driving a semi-truck along the 10 Freeway in the city of Ontario in October 2025, per the Los Angeles Times and NBC4 Los Angeles.
Singh crashed into seven other vehicles — three semi-trucks, two pickup trucks and two cars — killing three people, NBC4 Los Angeles stated. According to an earlier report from the outlet, four people were injured, including Singh himself and a mechanic who was changing a tire on the side of the freeway.
Dashcam video footage showed the Yuba City, Calif. resident’s semi-truck barreling through the vehicles before crashing into another truck, while one of the cars also caught fire, per the Los Angeles Times…