The truck driver accused of causing a Florida Turnpike crash that killed three people from South Florida signed extradition papers Tuesday during his first court appearance in California.
Harjinder Singh, 28, appeared in San Joaquin County Superior Court in Stockton on a fugitive warrant stemming from three counts of vehicular homicide filed in St. Lucie County, Florida. Authorities say Singh attempted an illegal U-turn in his semi-truck on Aug. 12 near Fort Pierce, blocking northbound lanes and leaving a Chrysler minivan with no time to stop.
The collision killed a 37-year-old Pompano Beach woman, a 54-year-old Miami man and a 30-year-old Florida City man, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. They were traveling together in the minivan, which was crushed beneath the trailer…