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California Truck Driver Sentenced to Nearly Five Years for Fatal I-10 Crash

A 21-year-old truck driver from Yuba City, California, received a prison sentence of four years and eight months Tuesday after pleading guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. Jashanpreet Singh's semi-truck struck stopped traffic on westbound Interstate 10 near the Interstate 15 interchange in Ontario on October 21, 2025, triggering an eight-vehicle chain-reaction crash involving four tractor-trailers and four passenger vehicles. The collision killed three people at the scene and injured four others, with one vehicle catching fire. Investigators determined Singh failed to reduce speed before impact. Dashcam footage showed the truck traveling at high velocity before the collision. Prosecutors initially charged Singh with driving under the influence, but toxicology results proved negative for drugs and alcohol. The sentencing judge weighed Singh's youth offender eligibility, clean criminal record, and the unintentional nature of the crash when determining the sentence. Immigration officials filed a detainer request seeking deportation proceedings following completion of his criminal case.