Nearly 2.5M sign petition for illegal immigrant truck driver in fatal crash

A petition by which Florida civil servants encourage clementia to Harjinder Singh, an unlawful director of immigrants accused of inflicting a crash by which three individuals had been killed, collected practically 2.5 million signatures from Sunday afternoon.

The petition positioned on the Change.org web site and addressed to the Governor Ron Desantis of Florida on each Desantis and the Florida Board of Government Clemency to re-examine the case towards the 28-year-old. Singh is confronted with three counts of homicide of automobiles and three counts of manslaughter in reference to the lethal crash of 12 August.

Harjinder Singh, 28, an unlawful immigrant, operated a business semi-truck with a trailer on the Florida Turnpike in Fort Pierce when he reportedly tried a U-turn in an unauthorized space. The trailer reduce and bumped with a minibus, by which all three passengers had been killed, in response to officers.

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A brand new Mugshot delivered by the Sheriff’s Workplace by St. Lucie County by Harjinder Singh, who was booked within the jail of St. Lucie County, Friday, August 22, 2025. (St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Workplace)

Singh was arrested in Stockton, California, on August 16 and later delivered to Florida. Researchers determined that he and his passenger, Harneet Singh, fled to Sacramento the day after the crash, in response to the US Marshals service.

On Saturday, a decide in Florida denied Bond to Singh and dominated that he’s an unauthorized alien and a considerable escape threat. Decide Lauren Candy from St. Lucie County additionally discovered a possible cause for all six expenses towards Singh and categorised them as compelled crimes in response to the Legislation of Florida.

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Harjinder Singh is accompanied to a aircraft by Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and Authorized Enforcement on Thursday, August 21, 2025 in Stockton, Calif. (Benjamin FanJoy/AP picture)

“This was a tragic accident – not a deliberate act,” says the petition. “Though the duty issues, the seriousness of the fees towards him isn’t in step with the circumstances of the incident.”

If convicted, the petition asks that Singh receives a “proportional and cheap” punishment, which is granted conditional launch after a part of his sentence has been submitted and that options for imprisonment – akin to counseling or neighborhood service – are thought-about.

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Harjinder Singh, 28, was arrested after he reportedly made an unauthorized U-turn in Florida final week, which resulted in a crash by which three individuals had been killed, mentioned civil servants. (St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Workplace)

The petition is signed by “Collective Punjabi Youth.”

Authorities mentioned Singh entered the US illegally in 2018 through the southern border and later obtained a business driver’s license in California. He tried to acquire enterprise authorization, nevertheless it was rejected by the primary Trump authorities on September 14, 2020, in response to Tricia McLaughlin, Homeland Safety Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.

State Secretary Marco Rubio introduced this week that the US was stopping work visa for international business truck drivers, a motion praised by conservatives within the aftermath of the lethal crash.

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Governor Ron Desantis didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.

Michael Dorgan and Peter d’Abrosca from Fox Information Digitaal contributed to this report.