India, Oct. 23 -- A 21-year-old Indian man, Jashanpreet Singh, was allegedly high on drugs when he caused a fiery truck crash that killed three people in Southern California, according to officials. Singh, who entered the United States illegally in 2022, has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while he was high.

Police say Singh's semi-truck slammed into slow-moving traffic on the I-10 Freeway in San Bernardino County, sparking a huge fire that left three people dead and several injured.

The crash happened on Tuesday afternoon near the I-15 junction in Ontario, east of Los Angeles. Singh was driving a Freightliner tractor-trailer when he crashed into an SUV and several other vehicles.

The collision set off a chain reaction i...