Almost 2.5M signal petition for unlawful immigrant truck driver in deadly crash

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A petition urging Florida officials to indicate leniency towards Harjinder Singh, an unlawful immigrant truck driver accused of inflicting a crash that killed three folks, has garnered almost 2.5 million signatures as of Sunday afternoon.

The petition — posted on the web site Change.org and addressed to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — requires each DeSantis and the Florida Board of Government Clemency to re-examine the case in opposition to the 28-year-old. Singh faces three counts of vehicular murder and three counts of manslaughter in reference to the lethal Aug. 12 crash.

Harjinder Singh, 28, an unlawful immigrant, was working a industrial semi-truck with a trailer on the Florida Turnpike in Fort Pierce when he allegedly tried a U-turn in an unauthorized space. The trailer jackknifed and collided with a minivan, killing all three of its passengers, in response to officers.

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A brand new mugshot supplied by the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Workplace of Harjinder Singh, who was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Workplace)

Singh was arrested in Stockton, California, on Aug. 16 and later extradited to Florida. Investigators decided that he and his passenger, Harneet Singh, fled to Sacramento the day after the crash, in response to the U.S. Marshals Service.

On Saturday, a Florida choose denied bond to Singh, ruling that he's an unauthorized alien and a considerable flight threat. St. Lucie County Choose Lauren Candy additionally discovered possible trigger for all six fees in opposition to Singh and labeled them as forcible felonies below Florida legislation.

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Harjinder Singh is escorted onto an airplane by Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and legislation enforcement on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Stockton, Calif. (Benjamin Fanjoy/AP Photograph)

"This was a tragic accident — not a deliberate act," the petition states. "Whereas accountability issues, the severity of the costs in opposition to him doesn't align with the circumstances of the incident."

If convicted, the petition requests that Singh obtain a "proportionate and cheap" sentence, that parole eligibility be granted after a part of his sentence is served and that options to incarceration — like counseling or neighborhood service — be thought-about.

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Harjinder Singh, 28, was arrested after allegedly making an unauthorized U-turn in Florida final week that resulted in a crash that left three folks lifeless, officers stated. (St. Lucie County Sheriff's Workplace)

The petition is signed by "Collective Punjabi youth."

Authorities stated Singh crossed into the U.S. illegally in 2018 by way of the southern border, later acquiring a industrial driver's license in California. He tried to acquire work authorization, however it was rejected by the primary Trump administration on Sept. 14, 2020, in response to Tricia McLaughlin, Homeland Safety assistant secretary for public affairs.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio introduced this week that the U.S. is halting work visas for international industrial truck drivers, a transfer praised by conservatives within the wake of the lethal crash.

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Governor Ron DeSantis didn't instantly reply to Fox Information Digital's request for remark.

Fox Information Digital's Michael Dorgan and Peter D'Abrosca contributed to this report.

Sophia Compton is a Digital Manufacturing Assistant at Fox Information Digital. Sophia was beforehand a enterprise reporter protecting finance, power and tourism and has expertise as a TV information producer. She graduated with a journalism diploma in 2021 from the College of Hawaii at Manoa.