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(NewsNation) — A DUI complaint against the operator accused successful a deadly eight-car pileup successful California has been dropped aft toxicology tests were antagonistic for drugs oregon alcohol.
Authorities said a semitrailer driven by Jashanpreet Singh, 21, crashed into respective vehicles traveling successful bumper-to-bumper postulation connected Interstate 10 successful Ontario connected Oct. 21. The clang near 3 radical dead. Singh was arrested connected suspicion of driving nether the power of drugs and vehicular manslaughter portion intoxicated.
In a statement Oct. 31, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office said "toxicology reports confirmed nary of the substances tested were contiguous successful the defendant's humor astatine the clip the trial was rendered" and that an amended ailment was filed to "reflect the findings."
Dashcam video recovered by authorities shows the semitrailer slamming into the backmost of an SUV earlier hitting respective different cars.
Early this week, Singh pleaded not blameworthy to charges of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and reckless driving, according to KABC. His defence has maintained the clang was a tragic accident, but the prosecution has argued that Singh's actions were reckless.
In October, the Department of Homeland Security accused Singh, who is an Indian national, of being a “criminal alien." Singh entered the state illegally done the confederate borderline successful 2022 and was released done a Biden medication programme that paroled immigrants waiting for hearings into the state alternatively of lodging them successful detention, the bureau said.
The clang prompted Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to restate erstwhile concerns astir who should beryllium capable to get commercialized driver’s licenses. Duffy and President Donald Trump person some pressed the contented aft a abstracted deadly clang successful Florida, successful which different Indian nationalist is accused of making an amerciable U-turn.
According to KABC, Singh obtained his commercialized driver’s licence done some California and national processes successful spot astatine the time, and Department of Motor Vehicles records amusement helium had a valid licence astatine the clip of the crash.
Singh is owed successful tribunal Nov. 6 for a preliminary proceeding and remains successful custody without bail.
