2 victims identified in fatal California crash allegedly caused by illegal immigrant

Two of the three victims killed Tuesday in a fiery truck crash believed to have been brought on by an unlawful alien in Southern California 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, and mentioned each have been pronounced useless 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 have been from my district: Pomona Excessive Faculty basketball coach Clarence Nelson and his spouse Lisa.”

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Clarence Nelson (R) was one among three victims killed in a crash on October 21, 2025, reportedly after an unlawful immigrant from India crashed into a number of autos in Southern California. (Pomona Excessive Crimson Devils)

“As a instructor, I understand how a loss like this ripples via a complete college neighborhood,” she continued. “My coronary heart goes out to their households, the Pomona Unified Faculty District and all who’re mourning this large loss.”

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

The driving 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 truck accident that killed three individuals.

In line with federal sources, Singh was first encountered by Border Patrol brokers in California’s El Centro sector in March 2022 and launched domestically pending an immigration listening to.

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Jashanpreet Singh, a 21-year-old Indian nationwide, allegedly operated a giant oil rig whereas beneath the affect, resulting in a crash in California that killed not less than three individuals on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

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

The crash, which was captured on dashcam video, killed not less than three individuals and injured a number of others. Police say Singh by no means hit the brakes earlier than getting caught in visitors, citing toxicology exams that confirmed the impairment.

DHS sources affirm that he’s not in authorized immigration standing and that ICE filed 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, California, on October 21, 2025. (@BillMelugin by way of X)

The incident is the most recent involving unlawful truck drivers within the US

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 an August crash in Fort Pierce, Florida, that killed three individuals.

Officers who investigated that wreck mentioned he failed English language and street signal exams.

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

Fox Information Digital’s Jasmine Baehr and Peter D’Ambrosca contributed to this report.