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Driver distracted? New York City tour bus crash kills five – Indians among passengers

A tour bus carrying 54 people from Niagara Falls to New York City overturned on Interstate 90 near Pembroke, New York, on Friday afternoon, killing five passengers and injuring dozens more. Authorities say the driver became distracted and lost control before overcorrecting, causing the bus to veer off the road and roll onto its side, […]

Florida truck crash: Family of Indian-origin Harjinder Singh urges mercy; driver faces 45-year prison term

Indian-origin Harjinder Singh killed 3 in US on August 12 The family of Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh has appealed for a lighter sentence after a Florida highway crash left three people dead and placed him at risk of spending decades in a US prison.The 28-year-old Harjinder is from Rataul village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran […]

Indian-origin truck driver arrested in Canada, killed a mother-daughter in crash nine months ago, fled Ontario

An Indian-origin truck driver arrested in Canada nine months after crash that killed a mother-daughter. Amid a major row over Punjabi truck drivers breaking law in the US, an Indian-origin truck driver has been arrested in Canada after months of being a fugitive. 25-year-old Navjeet Singh was arrested at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport Thursday as […]

‘Indians signing petition’: Major backlash for plea urging fair punishment for truck driver Harjinder Singh as it gets over 1.3 million signatures

US influencers slam Indians for signing the petition for truck driver Harjinder Singh. Days after a petition was started on Change.org with an appeal to the administration to consider reducing Harjinder Singh’s punishment in the vehicular homicide case in Florida, it got over 13,60,400 signatures, and the Indian community came under attack. Social media commentators […]

Florida crash: Punjabi truck driver Harjinder Singh flight risk, not eligible for bond, rules court

Indian-origin truck driver who caused three deaths in Florida was denied bond by the court. The Florida court where Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh was presented ruled that Singh would not be released pre-trial as he is a substantial flight risk, and he was also not eligible for bond, the court said. During the court […]

‘No criminal history’: Outrage over signature collection for truck driver Harjinder Singh; ‘plea for fair sentencing’

A petition has been started to reduce truck driver Harjinder Singh’s sentencing. A signature-collection petition in support of Harjinder Singh, the truck driver who killed three people in a crash in Florida, is at the center of a fresh row as social media users ask how they were allowed to start a petition in support […]

Watch: Indian truck driver brought to Florida for trial – Harjinder Singh’s deadly U-turn pauses US work visas

Indian-origin driver, Harjinder Singh, who is facing three counts of vehicular homicide for making a reckless U-turn at a Florida highway, killing three, was sent back to Sunshine State after fleeing to sanctuary state California. Later, US President Donald Trump‘s administration announced that it was halting all work visas for commercial drivers. Video of Singh, […]

Another truck driver, Sarbjeet Parmar, charged in US for 2024 road crash in Montana, he blamed wind for the accident

Sarbjeet Parmar at his arraignment Monday. (Photo: KTVQ) Amid row over Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh who killed three in a road accident in Florida that was caused by his fault as he took a wrong U-turn, a 2024 case of another migrant driver came to the surface as the driver was charged with negligent […]

Florida accident: Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh’s work permit approved by Biden admin, claims DHS

Trump admin says Indian-origin Harjinder Singh was given work permit in 2021 by the Biden administration. The Department of Homeland Security claimed that Indian truck driver Harjinder Singh whose wrong U-turn took three lives in Florida was given a work permit by the Joe Biden administration — amid an intense debate over who allowed to […]

‘Gut-wrenching’: Kristi Noem reacts to Indian truck driver Harjinder Singh killing 3 in Florida in accident, blames Newsom

Indian truck driver who illegally entered US in 2018 was arrested for killing 3 people in a road accident in Florida which was caused as he took a wrong U-turn. Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem said the death of three people in Florida caused by a semi truck’s wrong U-turn was a gut-wrenching […]