2 victims recognized in deadly California crash allegedly brought on by unlawful immigrant

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Two of the three victims killed in a fiery semi-truck crash allegedly brought on by an illegal alien in Southern California on Tuesday have been recognized as an assistant basketball coach and his spouse.

The San Bernardino County Coroner's workplace recognized two of the victims within the crash as 76-year-old Clarence Nelson of Fontana, and his spouse, 69-year-old Lisa Nelson, saying each had been pronounced lifeless on the scene.

State senator Susan Rubio mentioned in a Facebook post that Nelson was the basketball coach at Pomona Excessive Faculty in Pomona, California.

"This week, our neighborhood was deeply saddened by the tragic incident within the Metropolis of Ontario," Rubio mentioned. "It’s heartbreaking to be taught that two of the lives misplaced had been from my district — Pomona Excessive Faculty basketball coach Clarence Nelson and his spouse Lisa."

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"As a instructor, I understand how a loss like this ripples by a whole college neighborhood," she continued. "My coronary heart goes out to their households, the Pomona Unified Faculty District, and everybody mourning this large loss."

Fox Information Digital reached out to the varsity, although officers declined to remark.

The motive force, 21-year-old Jashanpreet Singh, is an unlawful immigrant from India who crossed the southern border in 2022 and was launched by the Biden administration; he's now accused of inflicting the semi-truck crash that killed three individuals.

Based on federal sources, Singh was first encountered by Border Patrol brokers in California’s El Centro Sector in March 2022 and launched into the inside pending an immigration listening to.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF KILLING 3 IN FLORIDA HIGHWAY CRASH CROSSED BORDER INTO CALIFORNIA IN 2018: DHS

Jashanpreet Singh, a 21-year-old Indian nationwide, allegedly drove a giant rig whereas underneath the affect, resulting in a California crash that killed no less than three individuals Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Authorities say Singh was arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter whereas intoxicated after plowing his huge rig into slow-moving visitors on the I-10 Freeway in San Bernardino County.

The crash, which was caught on dashcam video, left no less than three individuals lifeless and a number of other others injured. Police say Singh by no means hit the brakes earlier than slamming into the visitors jam, citing toxicology exams that confirmed impairment.

DHS sources affirm he's not in lawful immigration standing and that ICE has lodged an immigration detainer following his arrest.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCKER ACCUSED OF KILLING THREE PEOPLE FAILED ENGLISH, ROAD SIGN TESTS: DOT

Emergency crews responded to a multi-vehicle crash involving semi-trucks on the I-10 Freeway in San Bernardino County, Calif., on Oct. 21, 2025. (@BillMelugin by way of X)

The incident is the newest involving unlawful immigrant truck drivers within the U.S.

In a separate case, Harjinder Singh — who crossed the southern border illegally in 2018 — obtained a business driver’s license in California and was accused of inflicting a crash in August in Fort Pierce, Florida , that killed three individuals.

Officers investigating that wreck mentioned he failed English-language and road sign tests .

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The crash follows the Trump administration’s announcement final week that it could withhold greater than $40 million in federal freeway security funding from California for failing to adjust to federal English-language proficiency requirements for truck drivers.