(The Center Square) – Harjinder Singh, in St. Lucie County Jail and facing three charges each of vehicular homicide and manslaughter, is due back in a Florida courtroom Wednesday.
On Aug. 12, he tried with an 18-wheeler to make a U-turn on the Florida Turnpike through a point in the divided highway marked “official use only,” leading to the deaths of three people in a minivan. Singh had correct responses to two of 12 verbal questions on an English language proficiency assessment and correctly identified only one of four highway traffic signs during an interview with the Federal Motor Carrier Administration.
At 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, a worldwide petition on his behalf entitled “plea for fair sentencing” was just shy of 3 million digital signatures…