India, Oct. 24 -- The Gurdaspur-based family of 21-year-old truck driver Jashanpreet Singh, who has been arrested in the US for causing a crash that left three people dead on a highway in California on October 21, has termed the charge that he was under the influence of drugs "false and fabricated".

The US authorities found that Jashanpreet was an illegal immigrant who had entered the country through its southern border in 2022. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency lodged a detainer request following his arrest on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Jashanpreet's large trailer truck had struck slowing traffic, igniting a fire that claimed three lives and injured several others, including him.

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