‘100% Preventable’: Illegal Immigrant Trucker Accused Of Causing Fatal Wreck In Indiana

An Indian illegal immigrant behind the wheel of a semi-truck allegedly caused a fatal accident on an Indiana road on Wednesday.

Sukhdeep Singh allegedly ran a red light before striking 64-year-old Terry Schultz in his pickup truck in Hendricks County, according to reports. Schultz died at the scene.

Federal law enforcement sources told The Daily Wire that Singh crossed the border illegally in 2018 and was released into the country because he was a minor at the time.

Singh had a valid work permit at the time of the crash and, according to Fox News, an Indiana commercial driver’s license.

The Indian national is currently in ICE custody, where he will be held without bond, per a Trump administration policy.

Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement Thursday that deadly collisions involving illegal immigrants are becoming all too common.

“This tragedy comes less than two weeks after another illegal alien driving a semi-truck killed four innocent people in Indiana. It is incredibly dangerous for illegal aliens, who often don’t know our traffic laws or even English, to be operating semi-trucks on America’s roads. These tragedies are 100% preventable and we pray for the family and victim,” McLaughlin said.

“Thanks to ICE and our state and local partners in law enforcement, this criminal illegal alien is now off our roads,” she added.

The Hendricks County Sheriff’s department just released details about the fatal crash that happened at noon today in Avon.

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Singh already had previous traffic violations on his record, according to Fox59. That included a ticket for lacking insurance after a car crash in January.

He also had three speeding tickets and a citation for no registration, the outlet reported.

One witness, Kate Breedlove, went to comfort Schultz as he took his last breaths, according to Fox59.

“I think there was a lot of chaos going on and I made it my job to be calming to him,” Breedlove recalled.

“I was just telling him everything was going to be okay. He was unresponsive, but at some point, I think he definitely took his last breath,” she said.

Republican Indiana Senator Jim Banks recently created a hotline “for truckers and those in the trucking industry to report concerns about carriers employing or contracting with drivers who are in the country illegally.”